May 1, 2017

Showtime to air Oliver Stone's Putin interviews

Showtime announced today that it will air four hours of interviews, conducted over the last 2 years between filmmaker Oliver Stone and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a four-night event beginning June 12.

One absurd thing: The press release notes "a remarkable sequence where Stone introduces Putin for the first time to Stanley Kubrick's Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove, which they watched together."

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