Snowden, the film, is directed by a man as polarising as Snowden himself. But, according to Slate’s Fred Kaplan, projecting the various sides to Snowden’s story is the last thing on Oliver Stone’s mind. In a fascinating piece that ran Friday, Kaplan asserts that Stone’s film is above all, a fairytale. Vocal liberals like Sanders and TV host John Oliver – and of course, Oliver Stone - have always sided with Snowden. Snowden ‘leaked’ the documents with the help of journalist Glenn Greenwald and filmmaker Laura Poitras in a Hong Kong hotel.

Source: Hindustan Times September 18, 2016 07:52 UTC