Oliver Stone
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And China.
And China.
It's very important because there is... It's Annie Jacobson's book. There's no partial victory in this book. It's impossible. Once it gets, it's a chain reaction. Once this thing starts, there's so many different aspects to it. It's a bureaucracy beyond belief. The names, all the names of all the systems we have protecting ourselves. One thing, it's clockwork.
It's very important because there is... It's Annie Jacobson's book. There's no partial victory in this book. It's impossible. Once it gets, it's a chain reaction. Once this thing starts, there's so many different aspects to it. It's a bureaucracy beyond belief. The names, all the names of all the systems we have protecting ourselves. One thing, it's clockwork.
It's very important because there is... It's Annie Jacobson's book. There's no partial victory in this book. It's impossible. Once it gets, it's a chain reaction. Once this thing starts, there's so many different aspects to it. It's a bureaucracy beyond belief. The names, all the names of all the systems we have protecting ourselves. One thing, it's clockwork.
It's so rare if this, if it hangs, we don't have a fail safe is what I'm trying to say. We really don't. So what does it look like once the chain reaction begins? Oh, she describes it beautifully, minute by minute. She talks about what's going to happen to you, me, and forget about Los Angeles, forget about New York.
It's so rare if this, if it hangs, we don't have a fail safe is what I'm trying to say. We really don't. So what does it look like once the chain reaction begins? Oh, she describes it beautifully, minute by minute. She talks about what's going to happen to you, me, and forget about Los Angeles, forget about New York.
It's so rare if this, if it hangs, we don't have a fail safe is what I'm trying to say. We really don't. So what does it look like once the chain reaction begins? Oh, she describes it beautifully, minute by minute. She talks about what's going to happen to you, me, and forget about Los Angeles, forget about New York.
And then nuclear winter is something we discovered in what year?
And then nuclear winter is something we discovered in what year?
And then nuclear winter is something we discovered in what year?
That was the idea in Failsafe. Kubrick didn't know anything about nuclear winter when he did the movie, but he had the underground system being described by the Dr. Strangelove, remember? Yes. By the way, I did a clip. I showed Strangelove to Putin. Dr. Strangel, I showed it to, I wanted him to sit through that climax. Had he seen it before? No, he never heard of it, I don't think.
That was the idea in Failsafe. Kubrick didn't know anything about nuclear winter when he did the movie, but he had the underground system being described by the Dr. Strangelove, remember? Yes. By the way, I did a clip. I showed Strangelove to Putin. Dr. Strangel, I showed it to, I wanted him to sit through that climax. Had he seen it before? No, he never heard of it, I don't think.
That was the idea in Failsafe. Kubrick didn't know anything about nuclear winter when he did the movie, but he had the underground system being described by the Dr. Strangelove, remember? Yes. By the way, I did a clip. I showed Strangelove to Putin. Dr. Strangel, I showed it to, I wanted him to sit through that climax. Had he seen it before? No, he never heard of it, I don't think.
And he sat through it with me and it's on film. His reaction is,
And he sat through it with me and it's on film. His reaction is,
And he sat through it with me and it's on film. His reaction is,
Oh, he knows. He's a very realistic man. This is serious. He doesn't bullshit. He talks very straightforwardly, and I think we don't understand that. Our language is a little more rhetorical than his. Yes. He's pretty consistent. He said this is a red line in Ukraine, and he always has maintained that, and he went to war for it. The red line being NATO up against his border.
Oh, he knows. He's a very realistic man. This is serious. He doesn't bullshit. He talks very straightforwardly, and I think we don't understand that. Our language is a little more rhetorical than his. Yes. He's pretty consistent. He said this is a red line in Ukraine, and he always has maintained that, and he went to war for it. The red line being NATO up against his border.
Oh, he knows. He's a very realistic man. This is serious. He doesn't bullshit. He talks very straightforwardly, and I think we don't understand that. Our language is a little more rhetorical than his. Yes. He's pretty consistent. He said this is a red line in Ukraine, and he always has maintained that, and he went to war for it. The red line being NATO up against his border.