'Oliver Stone Talks Human Rights: ‘America Should Look to
Human Rights: ‘America Should Look to
As jury
president of the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, Oliver Stone is taking his
You know,
there’s a whole new world and they’re learning how to use film to
Stone alluded
to these changes in his remarks at the opening ceremony: “You see the changes that
I think
people who judge too harshly should come and visit this place and see for themselves
It was
a remark that was bound to cause controversy among critics of the Kingdom’s human
“I meant
what I said,” the “Platoon” and “JFK” director made clear
“Human rights,
Jesus Christ! […] America should look to itself with Julian Assange before they start criticizing other
I don’t
think they should be pointing any fingers at anybody
” Stone cites
the Iraq War as a particularly egregious example of heavy-handed American intervention
He continues:
“Now they’re arguing about women in Iran? What about here? They’re making tremendous
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