Russian spy novels and secret meetings: How Oliver Stone made the “Snowden” film

Russian spy novels and secret meetings: How Oliver Stone made the “Snowden” film

Acclaimed director Oliver Stone, the man behind Oscar-winning films like Born on the Fourth of July and Wall Street, is readying to release the first—and perhaps the definitive—biopic on American whistleblower Edward Snowden. Snowden, which is slated for US release on Sept. 16, tells the tale of how Snowden came to unearth and subsequently leak…