JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Way back when, like when I was in high school five years ago, my great uncle, who tends to be a conspiracy theorist, told me about this great movie with Kevin Costner about the assassination of President Kennedy. This was all during one of his semi-drunken rants about how the government is always trying to pull wool over the general populations eyes. I don't completely disagree with him, but honestly, I don't have the kind of energy it takes to debate with someone like that. Come to think about it, I wonder if anyone had ever suggested the movie Wag the Dog to him? But, if I'm going to be honest, I'd be absolutely shocked to find out he hasn't seen the movie yet.
After having watched the movie:
(Possible spoilers below)
Here's the thing, I've long heard stories about second shooter theories and first hand accounts from people who have been to Dallas and realize there was no way one man could have acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy. It's an interesting movie, but I think the key thing to remember is that it's a movie. I wouldn't base a multiple shooter theory based on the movie alone, I think that makes for a weak argument. Although to play devils advocate, the movie doesn’t just fabricate facts to better support it’s theory.
Final thoughts: For those who have idolized the Kennedy era, the assassination of President Kennedy is truly tragic. If the assassination had been a government conspiracy or cover up I don't think the CIA will ever release all the information from the events of that day.
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I have the official screenplay book for this film, and it's not just the screenplay, it's a damn thick tome of research notes and interviews. Oliver Stone and the real Jim Garrison not only recounted the actual events that took place, but did EXTENSIVE interviews with key figures and witnesses to an insane degree. The only thing about the film that was fluffed was the character of Bill Broussard who was an amalgam of a number of different people.
It is also worth noting that the bulk of the Warren Commission files that were locked away actually got released in 1992 as a DIRECT result of this film.
As a person passionate on this subject and myself having done heavy research into it and still following the latest reports, my two cent are that the over bloated intelligence community at the time, coming off of years of unchecked power running black ops in other countries, made the logical leap to doing what they did best. They killed the man, it was a cout de ta, and they got their billions of dollars from the Viet Nam war.
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