Oliver Stone slams Hollywood and says you need a ‘sensitivity counselor’ or ‘Covid adviser’ now

Movie director Oliver Stone has criticized modern Hollywood for being too politically correct, and has doubled down on his claim that JFK was killed by powerful government forces as he revealed he’s working on a documentary about the president’s assassination that he may bypass the studios to release on YouTube.

Stone, 73, who won Academy Awards for his 1986 movie Platoon, recalled his early career in motion pictures where he actually ‘enjoyed’ making films.  

‘The problem is in Hollywood. It’s just so expensive — the marketing. Everything has become too fragile, too sensitive,’ Stone told the New York Times Magazine in an interview. ‘Hollywood now — you can’t make a film without a Covid adviser. You can’t make a film without a sensitivity counselor. It’s ridiculous.

‘The Academy changes its mind every five, 10, two months about what it’s trying to keep up with. It’s politically correct [expletive], and it’s not a world I’m anxious to run out into. I’ve never seen it quite mad like this. It’s like an “Alice in Wonderland” tea party.’

Oliver Stone said ‘everything has become too fragile and sensitive,’ in Hollywood. ‘You can’t make a film without a Covid adviser. You can’t make a film without a sensitivity counselor. It’s ridiculous,’ he said in a new interview

Stone said his forthcoming film will show that J.F.K. was murdered by powerful government forces and he may release it on 'YouTube or in Transylvania'. Pictured: President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Minutes later the President was assassinated as his car passed through Dealey Plaza

Stone said his forthcoming film will show that J.F.K. was murdered by powerful government forces and he may release it on ‘YouTube or in Transylvania’. Pictured: President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Minutes later the President was assassinated as his car passed through Dealey Plaza

Stone is pictured on set of his 1991 film J.F.K with Kevin Costner. He said in the new interview that 'there's been quite a bit of new material revealed that people have basically ignored' in the last three decades since his film

Stone is pictured on set of his 1991 film J.F.K with Kevin Costner. He said in the new interview that ‘there’s been quite a bit of new material revealed that people have basically ignored’ in the last three decades since his film

Stone also pointed to increased costs that are expected to come with production due to the coronavirus pandemic as he clarified the complications he was referring to.

‘I just read something about how films are going to be very expensive to make now, because you need to take all these precautions, and a 50-day shoot becomes a 60-day shoot, and social distancing for actors,’ he explained. ‘That’s what I’m talking about.’

In recent years Stone has released 2016’s Snowden starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and 2012’s Savages starring Blake Lively.

In his memoir Chasing the Light, out July 21, he details his life from the Vietnam war zone to the Oscar stage.

Stone – whose 1991 movie, JFK, starred Kevin Costner – said in the new interview that he’s not afraid to make films that aren’t necessarily going to be popular. 

That includes the upcoming working title J.F.K.: Destiny Betrayed, which he says he is making because ‘there’s been quite a bit of new material revealed that people have basically ignored’ in the last three decades since his film where he was accused of fear-mongering.

Stone's novel Chasing the Light, which depicts his life from the Vietnam war zone to the Oscar stage, comes out July 21

Stone’s novel Chasing the Light, which depicts his life from the Vietnam war zone to the Oscar stage, comes out July 21

‘I’m not scared of that,’ Stone continued about a possible repeat of accusations. ‘I’m past that age. I don’t need to make a Hollywood movie. I don’t need to get the approval of the bosses.’

Stone’s documentary will explore how there’s ‘no chain of custody’ to the single bullet fired by Lee Harvey Oswald that caused multiple wounds to Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally who was riding in the same car. It also delves into how the

autopsy from Bethesda, Maryland ‘was completely fraudulent’.

‘And there’s Vietnam. No historian can now honestly say that the Vietnam War was Kennedy’s child. That’s crucial,’ Stone continued. ‘The last thing is the C.I.A. connection to Oswald. We have a stronger case, not only for post-Russia but also for pre-Russia. In other words, he was working with the C.I.A. before he went and when he came back. Those are the main points.

‘Those who are interested will find it’s pretty clear that J.F.K. was murdered by forces that were powerful in our government.’

Stone added that while he ‘would have no problem doing another’ Hollywood film, he doesn’t ‘feel it right now’.

‘Frankly, I did 20, and I got worn out,’ he admitted.

He says the J.F.K film points the finger at a ‘couple of individuals’ and whether or not the mainstream accepts it ‘it will be out’.

‘Even if it’s on YouTube,’ Stone added. ‘Or in Transylvania.’

Stone - who in recent years has released 2016's Snowden starring Joseph Gordon Levitt (pictured in the background) and 2012's Savages starring Blake Lively - said he hasn't been eager for a big Hollywood return because he got worn out

Stone – who in recent years has released 2016’s Snowden starring Joseph Gordon Levitt (pictured in the background) and 2012’s Savages starring Blake Lively – said he hasn’t been eager for a big Hollywood return because he got worn out