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Alex Kvartalny @ flamedragon27.blogspot.com

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Oliver Stone's jfk and the Truth about Kennedy Assassination

“The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it”,

-- Josef Goebbels

J ohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, (1917-1963), has been rightfully named one of the most prominent politicians of his time. The youngest figure ever nominated to the presidency, he won the election of November 1960 by a razor-thin margin, but after stepping into the post he was duly supported by an impressive American majority. They worshipped his winning personality, his exemplary family, his intelligence, and his tireless energy, and they respected his courage in time of decision-making. In a word, Kennedy indeed became the symbol of the American nation.

In the course of his three-year presidency Kennedy encountered tight challenges in Cuba, Berlin, and other parts of the world. A nuclear test ban treaty in 1963 brought about a relaxation in cold war tensions. As far as domestic matters are concerned, much of the Kennedy program was unfulfilled, nurtured to fruition only in the Johnson administration. The U.S. space program, remarkably, heated up during the Kennedy administration, contributing to the American worldwide image of prestige and advancement.

In 1963, President Kennedy rallied to Texas for a speechmaking tour. In Dallas on November 22, he and his wife were welcomed enthusiastically as their open car triumphed through the city. There had been virtually no foreshadowing, when at 12:30 in the afternoon, an assassin delivered several shots, reaching the victim twice, in the base of the neck and the head, and seriously wounding John Connally, the governor of Texas, who was escorting the Kennedys. The president was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about a half hour later. Within two hours, Vice President Johnson took the oath as president in succession. On the day of the assassination, the police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old ex-Marine, for the president's murder. Oswald, who had lived for some time in the Soviet Union, was said to have killed Dallas Policeman J. D. Tippit while resisting arrest. Two days later, in the basement of the Dallas police station, Oswald himself was fatally shot by Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner.

In the midst of the mourning, the president's body lay in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. The next day, leaders of 92 nations visited the state funeral, and a million people lined the route as a horse-drawn caisson bore the body to St. Matthew's Cathedral for a requiem Mass. The president was buried on a slope in Arlington National Cemetery, where an eternal flame, lighted by his widow, has marked the grave ever since.

As a remedy aftermath, President Johnson appointed a seven-member commission, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, to supervise a thorough investigation of the assassination and report to the nation. The commission's report declared that Oswald fired the shots that killed he president. In 1979 the House assassinations committee, after approximately two years of investigation, concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that also may have included members of organized crime. Splits in opinion as to the identity of the actual assassin have persisted ever since.

Since JFK's assassination many theories have appeared to try to explain what really happened the day Kennedy was shot, to try to find the reasons and uncover this “riddle wrapped in an enigma shrouded in mystery”. By some estimates, more than 600 books have been published worldwide concerning the assassination. At best, maybe two or three dozen emerge as well written and of crucial value to the investigation today. Volumes by Mark Lane, Anthony Summers, Jim Garrison, and David Lifton, far from fanciful or crazy, are filled with compelling and verifiable facts, quotes, and analyses. Collectively, they are an important historical document.

And they won over the public, including Oliver Stone. Today, 55-70% of Americans believe there was a conspiracy behind Kennedy's death. Stone’s film reflects this point of view.

The way Oliver Stone tells his version of the assassination is breathtaking and eye-catching from the first minutes of the film. His talent of film-making is crystal clear and it creates the reputation of a movie genius for him. One can feel that for the director the assassination is a personal case, since his actors play passionately, with devotion both to the idea of justice and commitment to better future for the country they live in and to the 35th president of the United States. The movie is a marvellous collage of news-reports, witness testimonies, photos and interviews presented through the eyes of a team of truth-seekers headed by the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Jim Garrison.

When the news about the assassination is announced it is difficult for Jim Garrison, just like for many others, to believe that such a terrible thing could happen. But he is determined to get to the gist of the crime. He tries to uncover more information about the Lee Harvey Oswald and considers several theories. The theories presented in this research/movie review partly coincide with the ideas and investigation done by Orlean's District Attorney. Because of the abundance of the assassination theories not all of them will be mentioned here, but probably the most essential ones.

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