I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
“The only safe place is on the run. Snowden. In theaters September 16.”
Oliver Stone’s New Movie ‘Snowden’ Tackles the Myth:
http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2016/september/15/oliver-stone-s-new-movie-snowden-tackles-the-myth/
(Peter Van Buren) Snowden is a helluva movie, kicking an audience’s ass on a number of levels. I had a chance to see the film last night at a preview event; it opens everywhere on September 16. Go see it.
On one level the film presents Snowden’s story as a political thriller. A brave but frightened man, certain he is doing the right thing but worried if he can pull it off, smuggles some of the NSA’s most secret information out of a secure facility. He makes contact with skeptical journalists in Hong Kong, convinces them of the importance of what he has to say, and then goes on the run from a U.S. government out to arrest, or, possibly assassinate, him.
In interviews Stone has made clear that he has dramatized and/or altered some events, and that his film is not a documentary. It does keep you on the edge of your beliefs, watching a story you know as if you don’t.
My Commentary: This film was very informative. Check it out, if you can!
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