The magic of movies is that they can take us to imagine the future and bring us back to history.
November 22, 1963, was the darkest day in American history. Then-President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by a sniper in full view.
According to the description of the agents involved, after Kennedy was shot, the first lady beside her panicked and wanted to pick up her husband's skull that was blown away by the bullet, which was horrible.
All eyes are on, but few people know exactly what happened that day. Officials quickly found the suspect and released information about the assassination.
Immediately afterwards, the famous civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was also assassinated, and the Vietnam War started in full swing. Americans seem to have no time to pay attention to why Kennedy was assassinated. This shocking murder case has become a historical unsolved case, and there is still no convincing truth.
No one turned Kennedy over, except for Jim Garrison, an obscure New Orleans prosecutor. He is the only person in more than 50 years who has dared to file a lawsuit for the Kennedy assassination.
"Assassination of Kennedy" tells the story of his investigation of the assassination of Kennedy.
If you want to understand this history, but don't want to dig through complicated materials and watch plain and boring documentaries, then watching this movie can take you back to that turbulent era. If I remember correctly, Forrest Gump should be ready to join the army at this time.
At the beginning of the film, like a documentary, it tells the history before Kennedy's assassination, and what the audience sees is also the real video data.
"Assassination of Kennedy" is also most famous for its superb editing. As the witnesses tell, the constant interludes and flashbacks do not affect the fluency at all, and the audience can clearly distinguish where is the present and where is the past.
What is unclear is the "combination of true and false" editing, making it as if the actors are figures in history, playing their own roles in this wave of history.
Perhaps because of the fast-paced screen switching almost the entire process, it does not make people feel that it has been 189 minutes after watching Oliver Stone 's historical masterpiece, nearly more than 3 minutes.
Taking viewers back into history, the story follows the perspective of Jim Garrison, who, three years after Kennedy's assassination, found the official account of the case suspicious and decided to investigate.
Then the plot unfolds like a detective film, layer by layer, and the assassination of Kennedy gradually surfaced. However, the complex interpersonal interests may make it difficult to sort out for a while, but we can actually easily find several familiar faces.
Gary Oldman , the 2018 Oscar winner who played the suspect Lee Harvey Oswald , not only restored a bizarre scene in history, but also interpreted the mysterious character of Lee Oswald in many flashback scenes.
Clay Shaw, played by "Men in Black" Tommy Lee Jones , is also a controversial figure in history. He admits that he is "broken back" and is ostensibly a businessman with a head and face, but Jim Garrison discovers that he has many secrets behind him.
"Goodfellas" Joe Pesci plays David Ferrie, who is considered a breach in the investigation because of his close relationship with Lee Oswald.
King Donald Sutherland , the villain of The Hunger Games , appears in the middle and late stages, and he informs Jim Garrison a lot of key information as Man-of-Year X. Although he only appeared for 10 minutes, the 10-minute series of lines that deduced the culprit behind the scenes based on historical events was second only to Garrison's climactic speech at the end.
With this scene of Mysterious Man X, the subsequent court climax scene also has a full boost, please be sure to watch it carefully.
The reason why the investigation process took more than 3 hours is largely because the director not only wanted to show the inspection process, but also turned the movie into a pure suspense movie.
In the process, Jim Garrison faced more than a three-year case.
The bigger difficulty is, instead, the pressure from the family. His wife couldn't bear that he cared more about the past Kennedy case than his own children. Whether to go back to the family or continue to investigate desperately, how he chooses.
There is also the pressure from public opinion. Obviously not everyone wants him to investigate like this. Some media smear him and try to make him retreat.
Coupled with the disagreement of the internal team, Garrison, who has internal and external troubles, seems to have no way to complete the task.
What's more, there is pressure from powerful forces, and the lives of family members are threatened.
Here's to the performance of Kevin Costner , who was probably the more masculine Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford , because Kevin Costner turned down the role .
Fortunately, thanks to the hard work of his agent, he finally played Jim Garrison, and he became more gentle, low-key and calm. In contrast, the complete explosion of the final climax scene was more powerful.
In the end, the restoration of the Kennedy assassination in the courtroom scene is like watching a documentary. Even if you have never understood it before, you can roughly know what happened that day just by watching this scene. And when Garrison said that three bullets hit seven wounds, the audience had to wonder if something was wrong.
Of course, the audience has to come back to their senses. This is indeed a movie, not a documentary, and it is not necessarily a historical truth. In fact, for the director to shape the atmosphere of the conspiracy theory, a lot of factual parts are hidden.
For example, the suspect, Lee Oswald, did not receive legal aid. In fact, he himself refused the help of lawyers. The communication interruption in Washington, the capital before the assassination, was completely fictitious.
Therefore, when the film was released that year, it caused a huge controversy. Some people thought that Oliver Stone was maliciously misleading the public. Oliver Stone also produced his own evidence in the face of public opinion pressure to prove that the speculation of the film was based on facts. of.
If you really see "Assassination of Kennedy" as history, then it's better to watch the documentary directly. Movies just bring you back to the tide of history, not to learn and recognize the real history. If viewed as a suspense film, this film is also excellent, but it will not become a film history classic.
What really makes this film a classic is the immortal spirit of human pursuit of truth and truth conveyed by the film.
Don't forget that in addition to the detective part of the plot, there are many scenes other than family and other cases. Because of these parts that are closely related to Garrison, his courage to pursue the truth can be further highlighted.
In this age of lies, trust has become precious, and truth has become even rarer. Most people are attached to reality, but how much of this reality is real?
Just like the shocking case of Kennedy's assassination, is Lee Oswald really the murderer? He could really bypass the sight of all the American agents all by himself, and then use an old bolt-action rifle to fire three bullets in 5.6 seconds, and the bullet can go through Kennedy's throat, and then through the front row of governors Chest and wrists, and finally into the thighs? Want to kill the president to make a name for himself, but deny it after being arrested?
That's what the US official said, whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.
According to a survey, 70% of American citizens do not believe this result, but no one dares to stand up against it, and everyone can only temporarily acquiesce to this result.
There is only one Jim Garrison, he can sacrifice his family life, not afraid of sacrificing his reputation, blocking his career, not afraid of the threat of powerful forces, stand up to overthrow the official conclusion, and testify that there are still those behind the scenes who think they can hide the truth. .
The final climax was the ultimate performance of what he knew he couldn't do. When others told him that all his efforts would be in vain, and when he couldn't fight against the powerful, he said, maybe he can't win, maybe the truth It will take decades to find out, but at least he has taken the first step.
What is he doing this for? for a truth. For there are few truths left in the human world.
When everyone acquiesces to the so-called truth, if you have the courage to stand up and overthrow everything, even if it is not recognized, you have taken an important step like Jim Garrison. To take this step requires great courage and determination, a lot to sacrifice, and a lot to fight.
"Assassination of Kennedy" not only proposes another possibility for the unsolved historical case, I hope this case will have a satisfactory result, but also hope that more young people can take a step to pursue the truth.
Salute to all young people who pursue the truth.
Also pay tribute to all the journalists, policemen, judges, etc. who are pursuing the truth and fighting on the front line.
The candle of truth often burns the hands of those who lift it, but as long as someone lifts it, the world will have a ray of light because of it.
The bigger the lie, the more people believe it.
- "Assassination of Kennedy"
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