James Gray Reveals Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Killed His Rasputin Film Epic ‘The Dream Of A Thousand Men’

James Gray Reveals Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Killed His Rasputin Film Epic ‘The Dream Of A Thousand Men’

James Gray has dreamed of making an epic about the Russian Revolution for years, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine effectively killed the project before it could move forward. During a recent career-spanning conversation at the Locarno Film Festival, the “Paper Tiger” filmmaker discussed his unrealized film “The Dream Of A Thousand Men,” centered on Grigori Rasputin and Russia’s last emperor, Nicholas II. Continue reading James Gray Revea…