Oliver Stone to Release the Rooster

Riptide is reporting that fidel castro's favorite filmmaking nephew Oliver Stone will be soltando el gallo to the tune of $6,233.20 to the US Treasury Department to "resolve allegations of violations of the Cuban embargo.”

Stone, of course, is no stranger to Cuba; he produced two documentaries on the country. One, called Comandante, was a friendly look at The Bearded One. HBO had planned to show the film, then yanked it. Stone then went back to the island for more footage and the result was Looking For Fidel. The film was never commercially released in the U.S. It ran on HBO in 2004.

Of course, journalists can legally travel to Cuba, under US treasury rules. But a 2004 interview with Stone reveals that he didn’t consider himself a journalist when he interviewed Castro for the movies. Said author and Cuba expert Ann Lousie Bardach: “I gather you rejected the idea of demonizing him.”

Stone replied: “Of course. My role here was not as a journalist. It really was as a director and filmmaker. In my job, I challenge actors. I provoke them.”

Of course, six thousand bucks is but a drop in the bucket for Stone(r), but it's still nice to see the US Government bitch slap the commie loving bastard.

Posted by Val Prieto at December 12, 2006 01:57 PM

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