The Putin Interviews: Oliver Stone Interviews Vladimir Putin
Written by Oliver Stone
Narrated by Pete Cross and Qarie Marshall
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Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Putin Interviews are culled from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year span—never before has the Russian leader spoken in such depth or at such length with a Western interviewer. No topics are off limits in the interviews, which first occurred during Stone’s trips to meet with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow and most recently after the election of President Donald Trump.
Prodded by Stone, Putin discusses relations between the United States and Russia, allegations of interference in the US election, and Russia’s involvement with conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and elsewhere across the globe. Putin speaks about his rise to power and details his relationships with Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump. The exchanges are personal, provocative, and at times surreal. At one point, Stone asks, “Why did Russia hack the election?”; at another, Stone introduces him to Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove, which the two watch together.
Stone has interviewed controversial world leaders before, including Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and Benjamin Netanyahu. But The Putin Interviews, in its unmediated access to one of the most enigmatic and powerful men in the world, can only be compared to the series of conversations between David Frost and Richard Nixon we now refer to as “The Nixon Interviews” of 1977.
The book will also contain references and sources that give readers a deeper understanding of the topics covered in the interviews and make for a more robust reading experience.
©2017 Oliver Stone (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Oliver Stone
OLIVER STONE is the multiple Oscar-winning writer and director of Platoon, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killer, Midnight Express, and many other films.
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Reviews for The Putin Interviews
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Pedantic and boring, this was difficult to continue to read. I bought the book thinking it would shed light on the personality of Putin.The cover review notes "After reading this book, one will wonder why we cannot view Russia in turn as a partner and a friend, especially at a time when our country is so in need of both."Obviously, this book was written way before the current crisis and Putin's invasion of Ukraine.Not recommended.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book. About an impressive character. Very objective too. Great job Mr. Stone
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book beats any books I have read on western geopolitics..
This is also, the single best interview I have ever listen/seen/watched. Oliver Stone is simply fantastic.
I can not comment on Putin, for being afraid of being misunderstood.
Recommended. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A must read , An honest and frank conversation with Mr Putin of Russia , international relations and politics are indeed very complex
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