‘Parkland’ struggles to find an audience
They’re staying away in droves from Tom Hanks’s sad, sad movie. The question is why? Richard Proctor of JustPressPlay says the film brings nothing new to the story. In his review for the St. Louis...
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A tough question for Oliver Stone
Rolling Stone asked: “Will the government ever release all of the [JFK] assassination records?” Oiiver Stone, director of “JFK,” the movie, replied: “That’s a tough question.” Warner Brothers/courtesy...
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14 conspiracy movies inspired by Dallas
“Belief that sinister forces were behind the assassination of JFK fed into movies — and still does — from a photographer obsessively enlarging an image in “Blow Up” (’66) to Angelina Jolie’s spy game...
View ArticleJFK on film: the cinema of assassination in 2013
The assassination of President Kennedy was, among other things, a seminal event in the history of mediated imagery. From the moment Abraham Zapruder captured the gunfire that killed the president to...
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‘Reclaiming Parkland’: the story behind the flop
Despite a big budget and a host of A-list actors, Tom Hanks’s JFK flick “Parkland” proved to be a dud, As I wrote here last year, “The fact that the movie tanked at the box office and puzzled critics...
View ArticleIs the Single Bullet Theory ruining your sex life?
Its called the Alvy Singer Syndrome. Woody Allen explains. JFK at the movies “The cinema of assassination inspired by JFK” (May 2, 2013) “14 conspiracy movies inspired by Dallas“(Nov. 18, 2013)...
View ArticleThe Parallax View: a JFK film that gets it right
From the Guardian.com, “The Parallax View: a JFK conspiracy film that gets it right.” “[Director Alan] Pakula was, like David Miller, a mainstream director whose filmography fails to excite. Also like...
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Geraldo Rivera changed America
(THE VIDEO REFERRED TO IN THIS PIECE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR TECHNICAL REASONS) Last year, Chris Vogner, movie critic for the Dallas Morning News, reminded us how the first broadcast of Abraham Zapruder’s...
View ArticleTrailer of ‘Plaza Man,’ on JFK crusader Robert Groden
Barto sends word: “The trailer of Plaza Man (a very good title actually) is here.” (From Zeppersfilms). JFK at the movies “The cinema of assassination inspired by JFK” (May 2, 2013) “14 conspiracy...
View ArticleJFK assassination film festival
The debut of Plaza Man reminds us that “the cinema of assassination inspired by JFK” never ceases grow. Send me links to the YouTube trailers of your favorite JFK film (feature, documentary,...
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The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates
In 1960, the group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors...
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In ‘Twenty-Six Seconds,’ Alexandra Zapruder talks about her grandfather’s film
The film that would come to bear his name “represented a trauma for our grandfather,” Alexandra Zapruder writes. “It was a source of pain for the Kennedys. It was a reminder of crushing disappointment...
View ArticleCIA critics reviewed the JFK film ‘Executive Action’ even before it was released
Executive Action is perhaps the most famous conspiracy thriller about the John Kennedy assassination, with the exception of Oliver Stone’s JFK. Recently released CIA records in the CREST database show...
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‘Reclaiming Parkland’: the story behind the flop
Despite a big budget and a host of A-list actors, Tom Hanks’s JFK flick “Parkland” proved to be a dud, As I wrote here last year, “The fact that the movie tanked at the box office and puzzled critics...
View ArticleIs the Single Bullet Theory ruining your sex life?
Its called the Alvy Singer Syndrome. Woody Allen explains. JFK at the movies “The cinema of assassination inspired by JFK” (May 2, 2013) “14 conspiracy movies inspired by Dallas“(Nov. 18, 2013)...
View ArticleThe Parallax View: a JFK film that gets it right
From the Guardian.com, “The Parallax View: a JFK conspiracy film that gets it right.” “[Director Alan] Pakula was, like David Miller, a mainstream director whose filmography fails to excite. Also like...
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Geraldo Rivera changed America
(THE VIDEO REFERRED TO IN THIS PIECE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR TECHNICAL REASONS) Last year, Chris Vogner, movie critic for the Dallas Morning News, reminded us how the first broadcast of Abraham Zapruder’s...
View ArticleTrailer of ‘Plaza Man,’ on JFK crusader Robert Groden
Barto sends word: “The trailer of Plaza Man (a very good title actually) is here.” (From Zeppersfilms). JFK at the movies “The cinema of assassination inspired by JFK” (May 2, 2013) “14 conspiracy...
View ArticleJFK assassination film festival
The debut of Plaza Man reminds us that “the cinema of assassination inspired by JFK” never ceases grow. Send me links to the YouTube trailers of your favorite JFK film (feature, documentary,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates
In 1960, the group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors...
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