JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Buy This Item JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  $20.99  on 9-22-2008     A film that chronicles New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison's investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It explores all the credible assassination theories that have raised the nation's persistent questions, doubts and suspicions. Reader Reviews The brilliance in this film's production is that, by the artful interweaving of historical footage with the dramatic scenes, the finished product seems like an insightful, revisionist documentary. This is the film's strength and weakness, because it is primarily historical fiction in that Jim Garrison's point of view is presented as incontrovertible fact. I would caution those viewing the film, who may have no familiarity with the Kennedy assasination, that its plot not only presents Jim Garrison (of whom I'd never heard before seeing "JFK") in quite a different light than any Google search would reveal, but even distorts actual individuals with whom the real Garrison had dealings. If one can detach oneself from the slanted version of the facts, it is a totally rivetting film. Kevin Costner heads a sterling cast - the acting is superb, and so believable that, despite the many familiar faces of fine actors whom one has seen in many roles, one nearly has the impression of having an inside look at 'real people' revealing secret dimensions to the evidence. For example, Ed Asner shows a shocking side to the attitudes towards the assasination which some in Dallas may have held (seeing the murderer as hero, where I'd always thought of Kennedy as an esteemed, well loved president), with a rough but convincing demeanour which is both deep and chilling. Joe Pesci gives a multi dimensional picture, both moving and puzzling, of the bizarre David Ferry. I've rarely seen a lengthy film (and one in which I recognised significant innacuracy in relation to history) which so totally held my interest.

JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) Available from Amazon Price: $20.99 Updated on 9-22-2008.

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