It sounds like a bad movie all by itself. Hugo Chavez, on his weekly national television show, announced that Oliver Stone would be making a movie about his 2002 coup attempt, something he brought on himself by making life intolerable for Venezuelans. Chavez is loaded with conspiracy theories about that, so in Stone he found the perfect match. Stone has believed every conspiracy theory since the Kennedy assassination and Nixon, and more than that, he's essentially a hagiographer about the leftist idols he loves most. One of his previous objects of adoration was Fidel Castro of Cuba. Chavez's claim may be true, because it's so wild, yet so believable. Stone may well hang out with Hollywood Chavistas, like this one, who are active in promoting Chavez's causes. Or it may be another source: Stone's got a direct line to Fidel Castro, so Castro may have had something to do with this idea. But it's significant that Stone hasn't said anything publically about it. Chavez had flirted...(Read Full Post)