Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Edward Snowden at Oliver Stone – Le Point

The hackers are popular in Hollywood <- - col article!> After two feature films on Julian Assange (a documentary, We steal Secret: the story of WikiLeaks , and a film, The fifth power ), here are two feature films on Edward Snowden. The first, Citizenfour , landed Wednesday in our rooms preceded by a reputation since he won the Oscar for best documentary last February in Los Angeles. Flirting with investigative journalism (it is made by a contributor of the New York Times and Washington Post ), Citizenfour shows the turn Snowden of his life, when he decided to act outside the law, to shake the US administration.

The second Snowden, due out December 25 in the US (current French date). Directed by Oliver Stone, the film will focus on the leading Snowden: “Before he became a whistleblower, Edward was an ordinary man who served his country without asking any questions,” describes the studio production. In short, a biopic on the life and work of the American computer scientist who, judging the Oliver Stone pedigree (known for his trench position) should be blithely hagiography.

Patriotism

The first pictures released officially confirm the desire to present a different Edward Snowden: one discovers the actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt in uniform, in the midst of a troop of soldiers. Before working for the CIA and the NSA, Snowden was committed in 2004 in the US Army Reserve in order to join the special forces in Iraq. Unfortunately, he broke both legs during training and was reformed.

It will try to play, but that first glimpse definitely riding the fiber patriotic Americans who veterans are heroes. Snowden he will celebrate only the “heroic” actions of the hacker or he will offer a nuanced and multidimensional array? Its cast is certainly more attractive, including Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage in the credits.