Let them talk about the interview with Oliver Stone. TV Putinism is gaining momentum

Andrei Malakhov went to Paris specifically to talk with director Oliver Stone about his latest documentary film. Let us recall that the American director released a sensational film about Vladimir Putin, in which he revealed many of the president’s secrets.

Malakhov asked Stone about the details of his communication with Vladimir Vladimirovich, as well as the director’s impressions of the dialogue with the president. However, the TV presenter did not post the entire interview, because it will become part of one of the episodes of the “Let Them Talk” program.

The sensational meeting took place in one of the Parisian hotels, and the communication continued for several hours. Malakhov assured his subscribers that the director revealed several details of the work on the film “Interview with Putin” especially for him.

“He put on this show,” says Oliver Stone about the interview with Russian President Malakhov.

Let us remember that the documentary about Vladimir Putin was released in June 2017 and caused incredible excitement. The famous director managed to find out some details from the politician’s personal life. Yes, President Russian Federation He talked about how he became a grandfather a long time ago.

“You know, my children, despite all sorts of rumors, live here in Moscow. And I have grandchildren. My daughters are engaged in science, education, and do not get involved in politics. As for grandchildren, some already go to kindergarten. I don’t want them to grow up as “princes of the blood”, I want them to normal people have grown,” admitted Vladimir Vladimirovich. - All I have to do is tell them their age and name, and they will be identified. Everything is fine with me, I ask you to understand me correctly. The second grandson was recently born.”

Judging by the excitement that a short video from Andrei Malakhov’s Instagram caused, the interview with Oliver Stone promises to be scandalous and sensational. You will be able to get acquainted with it very soon, because the “Let Them Talk” episode, dedicated to the communication between the TV presenter and the director, is already being prepared for broadcast.

In mid-June, Channel One showed a documentary film by American director Oliver Stone “Putin”. An audience of millions was literally glued to their TV screens for four evenings to learn more about the Russian President. The host of the “Let Them Talk” program and editor-in-chief of the publication “StarHit” Andrei Malakhov met in Paris with the author of the documentary to find out what questions Stone did not dare to ask the head of our country. The man gave frank interview, in which he revealed all the secrets of his meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The director said that Americans do not strive to understand our president. The man noted that the head of state looked perfect - he was dressed impeccably. Oliver Stone noted that he and Vladimir Vladimirovich are opposites, but he respects him very much. The director was surprised by the answer to the question when he asked how the head of state managed to maintain the schedule for 16 years. “And when there was a simple time, it was never simple,” Putin said.

Anatoly Kucherena, a close friend of Stone, appeared in the Let Them Talk studio. He noted that the director did everything so that Putin could be understood both in America and in other countries of the world. Andrei Malakhov recalled that during the four-hour recording of the program, Vladimir Vladimirovich did not leave anywhere, including to the toilet. The host of the Vremya program, Ekaterina Andreeva, said that she had a “direct line” with the president several times. She was also surprised by his endurance.

Also, the host of “Let Them Talk” emphasized that after the release of the documentary, some Western media criticized the director. They noted that one must have the courage to create such a film.

Guests in the studio noted that Oliver Stone managed to find out about personal life president. The director asked how often Putin sees his daughters and their families. Vladimir Vladimirovich admitted that he does not argue with his sons-in-law, but debates. The head of state again noted that her heirs are not involved in politics and big business– they work in the field of science and education.

Oliver Stone admitted that he never knew the exact filming schedule.

“Two hours today, three tomorrow. A call could ring - come to the Kremlin late at night or during the day. And we didn’t know how long it would last,” Stone admitted.

The American director admitted to Malakhov that, in his opinion, Putin liked talking to him. He tried to be polite. Stone admitted that he did not have a journalistic education, and therefore did not formulate questions in a harsh manner. He believed that the most important thing is to hear and be able to empathize. It was important for the man to get Putin’s version of the truth. Malakhov noticed that Stone interviewed Vladimir Vladimirovich in the car. He explained this by saying that it was possible to get a spontaneous story. The President admitted that he had a dream, but he did not tell the director what he wanted.

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Two cinematographers worked on the film with Oliver Stone, one of them, Anthony Dod Mantle, won an Oscar for the film Slumdog Millionaire. Andrei Malakhov presented the director with a disc with the film “Love and Doves”. Stone asked his team to take his number in order to be in touch, since he probably knows everyone in Moscow.

The host of “Let Them Talk” noted that one of the goals of the film “Putin” is to look into the eyes of a person who has a nuclear button at hand. He admitted to Malakhov that he realized that Vladimir Vladimirovich was not the person who would be the first to start a war.

Film crew program “Let Them Talk” specially flew to Paris for an interview with the director.

June 19 on Oliver Stone’s “Interview with Putin” on Channel One. Since then, the controversy surrounding what he saw has not subsided: some, others praise and admire it. Especially for Andrei Malakhov’s program, the Oscar-winning director told previously unknown details from the filming of the film.

The first thing Oliver Stone noticed was the appearance of Vladimir Putin. The director was pleasantly surprised by the fact that the President of Russia turned out to be an impeccable person. “His appearance was brand new. When I look at the recordings, I see that my hair is sticking out in all directions. Americans would say that I look like Baloo the bear from The Jungle Book, and he looks like Shere Khan the tiger. We laughed so much about it,” Stone recalled. In addition to discussing important political and social issues that concern Russia and America, the director asked the president about his daily routine.

“One of the key questions that I asked the president (some for some reason do not find it important): “How much sleep do you get?” He said that he sleeps 6-7 hours. Maintaining such a schedule requires good discipline. You can't go to a party, you can't have fun the same way ordinary people. You give up all this and become a monk. Because at any moment something can happen. And it will only take 15 minutes to resolve the issue in the middle of the night. And it’s very hard work,” Oliver said. Stone couldn’t help but touch on the topic of Vladimir Vladimirovich’s family. In an interview with Oliver, the president said that, however, he does not have much time to communicate with his grandchildren, and he is proud of both daughters.

TV presenter Ekaterina Andreeva expressed her opinion about Oliver Stone’s film about Vladimir Putin / Photo: frame from the program

Guests in the studio - famous TV presenters and journalists discussed the work of the American director, expressing hope that relations between Russia and America will someday improve.

Having directed a film about Vladimir Putin, at the European premiere of the film in Paris, he gave exclusive interview Russian television. In it, the director told what was left behind the scenes of the four-part film about Russian President, which was watched by 40 million people on TV and five million online.

When he said that after such unprecedented success Stone could easily claim Russian citizenship, the director replied that he was a patriot and loved America. At the same time, he noted that he has French citizenship “just in case.”

“For me personally, it was a discovery that in America no one knows what your president is thinking about,” said Oliver Stone in an interview with TV presenter Andrei Malakhov, shown as part of the “Let Them Talk” program on Channel One. "The world is on the verge nuclear war, but Putin, I’m sure, will not be the first to press the button,” the director answered the question of what he understood in a global sense after communicating with the Russian leader.

In addition, he shared what particularly struck him in his meetings with the Russian President. “Mr. Putin is a cautious person, that’s what he was trained to do. Throughout the 20 hours of our conversations, he never went to the toilet, I respect that. He knows moderation in everything, he doesn’t drink too much water, he’s just an impeccable person,” Stone said.

At the same time, he admired appearance Russian leader, noting that he was “brand new.” “When I look at the tapes, I see that my hair is sticking out in all directions. Americans would say that I look like Baloo the bear from The Jungle Book, and he looks like Shere Khan the tiger,” said the American director.

Stone named one of the key questions to Vladimir Putin related to how much he sleeps. “He said he sleeps for six to seven hours. Maintaining such a schedule requires good discipline. You can't go to a party, you can't have fun in the same way that ordinary people do. You give up all this and become a monk,” shares the author of the film “Putin.”

Oliver Stone recalled how, when he was little, Ronald Reagan announced on the radio that the bombing of the USSR would begin in 15 minutes. “I stood and cried right on the street, because I expected that in 15 minutes my life would be interrupted. It was truly a very terrible situation, and I asked Vladimir Putin how he has been coping with all this for 16 years!” the director admired.

On air, those gathered in the studio discussed the film “Putin” and the reaction to it foreign media. “When Oliver Stone said that the president may not go to the toilet for many hours, I always have this question when I watch direct lines... Of course, I would have been washed away somewhere,” Andrei Malakhov noted with humor .

All week the TV was choked with announcements of Andrei Malakhov’s interview with Oliver Stone. Viewers were promised the final revelation of secrets that were not included in the four-part “Putin.” The TV presenter personally went to Paris, where the European premiere of the film took place.

There were fewer secrets than expected. Unless the revelations of Malakhov himself, who hinted to Stone about a common destiny with Vladimir Vladimirovich, should be taken as a secret. The president and TV presenter started almost simultaneously; Since then, both have been on the screen (daily) for seventeen years. The conversation didn't work out. Tired Oliver reluctantly quoted himself, which did not bother Malakhov at all. He generously diluted rare remarks with pieces from the film “Putin”, and now the sensation is ready.

It seemed that nothing foreshadowed the vertical takeoff of Malakhov’s career. His role is already enviable. Smoking cats, raped girls and a single naked Alexei Panin bring excellent ratings. A.M. has a wonderful gift of giving the absurd the status of reality. The key to the success of his show is the coincidence of the format with the personality of the host. In Malakhov, kindness coexists with cynicism, softness with harshness, a craving for justice with endless ethical deafness, pathological efficiency with the imposingness of a socialite. But what he definitely doesn’t have is a political streak. Why was he sent to the front line? After all, Stone looks little like a smoking cat and even less like a raped girl. In the depths of Channel One there are a lot of hardened political observers. Vernitsky was sent to Hamburg, and what a wonderful job he did there. I'm not even talking about such masters of the genre as Fadeev or Leontyev. So why, after all, was Malakhov, an ace of entertainment TV, sent to an important task?

I believe this is the peculiarity of the historical moment. When information is replaced by versions of information, and choices and choices are predetermined, human feelings become the main driver of the process.

Malakhov is the best seller of emotions in the country. So this time, to discuss his “exclusive”, he gathered a particularly sensitive audience into the studio. Each expert tried to show that he knew the intentions of the first person better than others. From the flow of general words, the viewer catches the main thing. Stone comes home to Anatoly Kucherena. The son of an American director works for Margarita Simonyan. Ekaterina Andreeva, a rare talk show guest, knows for certain that Vladimir Vladimirovich’s daughters calmly went to discos and parties and were never “under the weight of their father’s weight.”

At this point Karaulov, the author of unanswered letters to the president about his difficult lot, decided to take revenge. He began to unfold large-scale canvas about the assassination attempts on Putin, the details of which only he, Karaulov, knows. It didn’t take long for the passions to escalate - the presenter cut the speaker off mid-sentence.

Meanwhile, Malakhov had nameless competitors from NTV, who launched new Russian sensations called “Das ist Putin” on the air. Five years ago, German journalist Hubert Seipel released the film “I am Putin. Portrait". And now colleagues, inspired by the success of Stone-Malakhov, interviewed the author. There are zero sensations here, as with the above-mentioned excellent political producers, but the trend is important. Television Putinism is gaining momentum.

Only five years passed between Stone and Seipel, but it seems like an eternity. One created ceremonial portrait, the other is far from ceremonial. Seipel shows United Russia with its pompous congresses in a rather ironic light. A unique kind of Russian democracy flickers here. There is even a hint here of the hopelessness of the efforts of the president, who is accustomed to controlling everything personally. And yet the film came out. I dare to suggest that Vladimir Vladimirovich decided to ignore particulars in the name of the main idea, which is important to him. Seipel’s Putin is a tough, unbending politician who cares for Russia and only for it. He is flesh of the people from which he came: “I must be what the people want me to be.” True, now the same author in an interview is almost indistinguishable from Stone in terms of the set of semantic cripples.

The only live scene in the blockbuster “Putin” looks something like this. A teleconference is taking place in the president's office with representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Standing against a menacing background military equipment, representatives report to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: “Activities to develop success will be continued.” Stone clearly doesn't understand what's going on. The translator is also confused - try to translate this exclusive into human language.

All that exists is drowning in sweet salivation. I even had a thought: maybe this was intentional?

Against the backdrop of servile, fussy servility, the image of the president begins to rise like Mont Blanc in the midst of his surroundings.

Malakhov is just beginning his steep route into the abyss of election politics, the rest will catch up. Karaulov has already pulled himself up. He took a deep breath and predicted: “Soon there will be a direct line between Putin and America.” Activities to develop success continue.