A Storm Foretold

This is a classic case of right-time, right-place filmmaking. Guldbrandsen began his project in 2018 before Stone was arrested and convicted for witness tampering and lying to congress, pardoned by the president, and quietly reinstated in time to orchestrate his ‘Stop the Steal’ masterplan that led to the attempted coup. The film crew are there for the entire rollercoaster ride, right up until the immediate, acrimonious aftermath of January 6. Guldbrandsen’s film has taken a life on its own. Not only was he subpoenaed by the J6 Committee, the FBI has showed up at his doorstep in Copenhagen - wanting his recordings, and now with the pending court cases against Trump and the upcoming 2024 US elections, the film is as relevant as ever. As the title implies, it’s all laid out in plain sight for months and years before the “unthinkable” happened. The film also marshals copious broadcast footage of Stone and Proud Boys cronies clearly announcing how far they are prepared to go to hold on to power. One thing you can be sure of is that this profile of one of US politics’ most outrageous players is no-holds-barred. A Storm Foretold chronicles Stone’s dizzying trajectory; from his scheming with the seditious Proud Boys to the explosive fall-out of the closed-door machinations that led to the 6 January 2021 Capitol attack.