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Oliver Stone on New Cannes Documentary ‘Lula,’ Donald Trump’s Trials and Money in Politics: ‘Corruption Is a Way of Life’
Oliver Stone on his documentary about Brazilian leader Lula and why the Trump trials are an example of 'lawfare'
The conspiracy-minded director, who’s never seen a grassy knoll without glimpsing a second gunman on it, is drawing an analogy between Lula’s political travails, involving a corruption investigation that led to a 580-day prison stint, and those of Donald Trump. Too much was made of it when it came to Lula — Stone doesn’t buy the claims the Brazilian president was guilty of money laundering, noting that he lives “modestly” — and he believes that corruption is a charge leveled against political figures without examining the root causes of the rot. After all, Trump’s trials involve mishandling of classified documents, as well as allegations that he obstructed attempts to retrieve his files; illegal efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat; and claims he falsified business records in order to mask his pay off to an adult film actress.
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