America’s well-being was shattered on November 22, 1963, the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Although authorities arrested Lee Harvey Oswald as the president’s killer, a multitude of citizens in our country believe a conspiracy was involved, and that Oswald was not the lone assassin. The film JFK encompasses facts that support conspiratorial actions being part of JFK’s assassination. These facts support a disparate opinion and gives viewers and movie characters the chance to formulate their own opinions instead of blindly following that of another. In JFK, Oliver Stone displays certain events in different perspectives in order to prevent blind following from inattention. In his controversial film, Stone arranges a meeting between a …show more content…
While X speaks to Garrison and spews out fact after fact, the movie shows a military general destroying a letter from Oswald, Colonel X being unexpectedly sent away, and a New Zealand newspaper’s information about Oswald before he was convicted for the assassination. These strange events undoubtedly benefit the viewpoint that a conspiracy took place and prevent viewers from blindly following Oswald’s conviction. Now, Garrison’s case becomes strong and believable with a reliable witness, whether he was real or …show more content…
During Garrison’s trial, Stone includes flashbacks to Oswald fulfilling the requirements a lone assassin would have to fill to fit the evidence and witness accounts. Oswald would have had to run down stairs “in less time than it took two other men to climb one flight”, and he must have snuck past witnesses without being noticeable, while still moving exceptionally quickly (Lee Harvey). Additionally, Stone emphasized how fast Oswald would have fired bullets in order to fit with evidence that was uncovered in a film of the assassination. He would have had to cause the wounds on Kennedy, Connally, and a civilian with only three bullets, and all three of these bullets would have to be fired in six seconds or less (How Did Lee...). Stone includes unattainable shots of Oswald accomplishing these feats to portray the sheer impossibility of a lone assassin. By doing so, he tears apart the Warren Commission's credibility and strengthens Garrison’s argument exponentially. These actions allow for a trusty option that viewers and characters in the movie can believe, therefore dramatically reducing their chances of blindly following the opinion fed to
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John F. Kennedy’s assassination has been a mystery since it happened in 1993. John F. Kennedy was shot in a moving car in Dallas, Texas. The murder surprised the nation in a time of peace and calmness, It was also “... the first time the vivid immediacy of such acts was brought into the homes of millions” (“The Warren
(A) Make a list of the evidence that suggests that Oswald was preparing to kill President Kennedy.
This historical study will compare and contrast the depiction of the “War on Terror” in a pro-government and anti-government plot structures found in Zero Dark Thirty (2012) by Kathryn Bigelow and The Siege (1998) by Edward Zwick. The pro-government view of Zero Dark Thirty defines the use of CIA agents and military operatives to track down Osama Bin Laden in the 2000s. Bigelow appears to validate the use of torture and interrogation as a means in which to extract information in the hunt for Bin Laden. In contrast this depiction of terrorism, Zwick’s film The Siege exposes the damage that torture, kidnapping, and
1. Two or more shooters would of had to engage in the assassination, partaking in one of the most memorable deaths in history (Nelson, “Breach of Trust”).
The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States marked a tragic historical moment in American history. The president was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally’s wife in a presidential motorcade at 12.30 pm on Friday, November 22, 1963. JFK was pronounced dead shortly after rushing to Parkland Hospital, where a tracheostomy and other efforts failed to keep him alive. Although Lee Harvey Oswald, a former United States Marine was convicted of the crime, the purpose behind the assassination remained inclusive as Oswald’s case never came to trial as he got shot to death two days later by Jack Ruby, a local nightclub operator in Texas. The assassination raised many questions and theories concerning the murder. As Oswald’s motives remain unknown, many scholars and investigators yearned to find the key to this mysterious crime, and came up with plausible theories searching for motives behind the assassination. While some straightforwardly blamed Oswald for the murder, claiming Oswald’s personal motives as the cause and supported the theory of the Lone Gunman, many developed more critical theories concerning conspiracies connecting the involvement of Cuba, Russia, the Central Intelligence Agency and the 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson. The Warren Commission was established by President Johnson to exclusively investigate the assassination. The Commission published a detailed report and concluded that Oswald acted alone. The deficiency of the Warren Commission’s evidence to support its theory along with the cordial relationship between JFK and the CIA refute both the Lone Gunman theory and conspiracies involving the CIA in...
[2] My analysis primarily focuses on Stone’s film Nixon, but it is noteworthy to mention JFK, since both films were embroiled in heated debates regarding historical authenticity and artistic license. In JFK, Stone pieces together several conspiracy theories as to who was responsible for President Kennedy’s assassination from “real” primary texts, news footage, ear and eye witnesses, and the Zapruder film, among others. In Nixon, Stone uses similar techniques to posit equally troubling theses: the first that Nixon, while Vice President, was involved in a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, and, second, that Nixon was directly or inadvertently responsible for the deaths of John and Robert Kennedy. Stone elects to create scenes and embellish information but defends his mixing of fact and speculation: “Of course, there’s license and speculation, but they are based on reasonable assumptions which we’ve discussed with highly reliable technical advisers who lived through the history we’re recounting in the film” (Monsel 206).
Despite the testimony of the witnesses, perhaps the clearest evidence of Oswald's guilt comes from footage of the assassination and the official government report. The Zapruder Film is the only known footage of the assassination. Using a camera with a speed of 18 frames a second, the assassination became re-playable. The film was slowed down, and the exact moments of the bullets impacts were found. From the angle at which the President was hit, the shots had to be fired from an elevated level in the rear.
Stone unfolds this film through the eyes of Jim Garrison, the district attorney of New Orleans, who believes that there is more to the assassination than what has been presented in the past. Although three years have gone by since the conclusion of the trial, Garrison feels personally obligated to uncover classified information that will prove a complex government coup d'etat. Garrison's idea that the United States government is somehow related to Kennedy's assassination is first seen in the opening of the film. Stone flashes scenes from the Zapruder film (an eight millimeter live video of the shooting) where he mutes the original audio sounds and replaces them with ceremonial music, representative of the United States government. Being that the Zapruder film is a piece of documented evidence; a general audience does not question its validity. This replacement of sound is a conscious attempt to foreshadow the conclusion that Stone wants the audience to come to at the end of the film. By linking together visual images of the assassination with military music, Stone sends a subliminal message that two are somehow related. In reality, this connection is nothing more than a fictional interpretation contrived by Oliver Stone.
The movie begins on October 1962 with, John F. Kennedy’s political advisor Kenneth O’Donnell, in the scene O’Donnell is sitting at the breakfast table with his family. O’Donnell’s eldest son hands him permission slip for school, upon examination of the permission slip O’Donnell realizes it’s the boys report card. O’Donnell’s son used a “Red Herring” fallacy (Pirie) to try and trick his father into signing his report card by engaging in conversation with his father hoping his father would sign the actual report card without looking at it. This movie is infested with such fallacies throughout, different types of fallacies, used to sway or detour an action or thought. During the Kennedy presidency, JFK relied on many different groups to aid him in the decisions he would make for our country. He had his lead advisors which consisted of people like Mr. O’Donnell and his brother Robert. He also relied on the CIA, Pentagon, and UN advisors to provide him with factual information.
While researching the Kennedy assassination there were many articles, saying that the mob was involved in the shooting. The writers were convinced that there was more than one person involved when it came too killing John Kennedy, on that warm sunny day in downtown Dallas. However, while these authors were convinced that there was another party involved, so was the rest of America with eighty percent saying the report was false. The goal of this paper is to bring this topic into the spotlight once more, by connecting the shooting of the president with the mob, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
On November 22, 1963 the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy was assassinated and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oliver Stone’s JFK portrays New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison, and his quest to find the truth behind the assassination of JFK. Along the way, Garrison is shown finding substantial evidence that he believes changes the entire conclusion of the Warren Commision thus disproving that Oswald was the sole killer. The film goes on to “prove” that the entire assassination was a plot created by military branches in the government in order to increase the budget for military purposes. The conspiracy links the assassination to even higher forms of the United States Government. All because Kennedy sought a peaceful end to
Kennedy’s death had a mammoth impact on American history. The Warren Commission has become synonymous with governmental cover-ups and lies. “The assassination of John Kennedy is the single most investigated event in the world in history, with the possible exception of the crucifixion of Christ. And the challenges, the skepticism, and the questions only seem to
This story shows how powerful the media is and how careful it should be when conveying the news to the public. Many a time, the media distorts information and destroys the reputation of a person. Harrison Bergeron is a character that only wanted to break free from the physical burden, oppression and suppression weighed on him by the United States Handicapper General and the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution but he was seen as a fugitive of the law and anti-government strategist ready to overthrow the government by disrupting the equality law that has been upheld. The assassination of Harrison Bergeron is a depiction of how fast the government can eliminate anyone who goes contrary to its rule of law or anyone who simply fights against the cruelties that the government imposes on its
Thesis Statement: Because of extensive evidence, I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone on the day of November 22, 1963 in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The additional gunman was strategically placed in the grassy knoll area, in order to shoot at Kennedy from a frontal view (Rubinstein 4).