So Oliver Stone will attempt to humanize Adolph Hitler in his new, upcoming 10-part documentary series, “The Secret History of the United States,” right?
That’s evidently the plan as reported last week by The Independent. Stone apparently wants to “liberalize” Hitler and to finger U.S. corporations for their role in the rise of National Socialism in Germany in his forthcoming series for Showtime who are showing some remarkable balls for giving the controversial director a platform.
The Huffington Post noted that Stone has called Hitler a “scapegoat,” and said he was for everything that went down in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and ’40s and was “enabled by Western bankers.”
“Hitler is an easy scapegoat throughout history and it’s been used cheaply,” Stone said at TV critics conference in California this weekend. “Stalin has a complete other story. Not to paint him as a hero, but to tell a more factual representation. He fought the German war machine more than any person.”
And apparently Stone’s still at it, telling the press in Bangok today (as part of a lecture to high school students on the role of film in peace-building), “Hitler is a monster. There is no question. I have no empathy for Hitler at all. He was a crazy psychopath,” Stone told reporters in the Thai capital. “But like Frankenstein was a monster, there was a Dr. Frankenstein. He is product of his era.”
Dunno, the controversial filmmaker might be nutty, but his posits aren’t without total merit and this sounds like a potentially fascinating and rabble-rousing documentary. That last quote, a “product of his era” sounds admittedly a very interesting take on the subject matter and most people are obviously not bold enough to go there. Stone having no compunction about looking foolish or tackling controversial subjects is obviously the man for the job. Maybe Stone’s widebrush take on American history will at least be a compelling trainwreck worth tuning into?
Stone has been doc crazy of late. At the aforementioned TV critics conference, he mentioned he has another doc in the can about Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, called, “South Of The Border” that we assume will never get widespread distribution, but who knows.
But lest you think he’s left dramatic features, the filmmaker also has “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” hitting theaters April 23. It stars Shia Labeouf, Carey Mulligan, Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin, Susan Sarandon and Frank Langella.
Why would anyone attempt to humanize Hitler?
Isnt Oliver Stone Jewish?????
B/c he is & this doesnt make sense
Is this a retard or what????
Hollywood which is pretty much ran by Jews are going to turn their back on him for this ……
I mean what the hell is he thinking by doing this
Hitler was human. A human who did unspeakably evil things, but a clinically "sane" person nonetheless. And let's not forget, Hitler had millions of supporters and collaborators. To act like he's some unprecedented bogey man is naive. And obviously, there are plenty of people in the world today who share his sort of beliefs, secretly or not.
Anyway, Jay Rosenblatt has already beat Oliver Stone to the punch with "Human Remains" — a brilliant, chilling and eerily humorous "humanization" of Hitler and other modern despots/mass murderers. Highly recommended.
" Hitler had millions of supporters and collaborators" yeah, i kinda didn't wanna say it, but yes, that's what i was hinting out throughout this piece. The posits aren't off and are interesting to say the least.
Am I the only one annoyed when people refer to the monster in Mary Shelley's novel as "Frankenstein?" Victor Frankenstein was its maker, but the creation was never called Frankenstein in the novel. Silly popular culture. I at least expect people like Oliver Stone to get it right.