Documentary with a tendency
Most of the political films are influenced by real historical events, real people and some social news, and have a strong documentary tendency. This "Assassination of Kennedy" is no exception. First of all, in the selection of materials, it is a real case that has received much controversy and attention; secondly, a large part of the content of the film is a direct quote from the real case news documentary materials and investigation materials; finally, Stone put a lot of thought into the filming. Collect all kinds of information, investigate the scene of the case, and interview all kinds of parties, in order to achieve the maximum authenticity and credibility of the film. The film begins with the factual record of the day of the incident, with doves on the roof frightened by the sound of conspiracy and criminal gunfire, heralding a turbulent American political history to unfold. All kinds of characters appear, but the truth is more complicated and confusing. . . . . .
Political films not only pay attention to artistry in conception, but are also good at creating tension and suspense, and using plot tension to mobilize the audience's aesthetic taste. Although it is based on real history, Stone wisely adopted the plot handling method of record and suspense, setting lawyer Garrison to trace the truth of the whole case as a clue, and inserting a large number of real historical images and Garrison's hypothetical stories through this clue. Various reasoning demonstrations; in addition to the investigation process of Garrison and his party, the three panels are constantly intersecting, the black and white rough shaking and disturbing reality, the tense and action-packed reasoning hypothetical images, and the various related characters in the normal color picture. The appearance and the repeated display of the bloody shooting process in the second half made the audience firstly visually shocked, and secondly, they were curious about Garrison's case reasoning, and seemed to smell the blood of the conspiracy. The plot is convinced. However, whenever Garrison asked the client who killed Kennedy, this huge suspense was always out of place, and the audience's appetite was sated. It wasn't entirely certain until the end of the film, though it seemed to confirm that a slain suspect was just a scapegoat. This involves another paradigm of political films - open endings.
open ending
Because political films touch on sensitive issues, it is difficult for artists to make judgments, and some things are difficult to conclude. So until the end of the film, the real murderer of Kennedy's death has not been found, but Stone's selection is neither for gimmicks and box office, nor for investigation. In fact, the real meaning in the end is actually already on the paper. A speech by Garrison, which is also Stone's own political views, a dark political conspiracy stifles the bright future of this country, and innocent people are pulled as scapegoats, not only the unprovoked suspects who were killed, but also Vietnam There are many corpses on the battlefield, democracy and freedom seem to be gone, Stone made a politically critical speech to the audience with facts and his passionate narrative language, and then the audience was filled with righteous indignation with Garrison at the end of the film and vented their anger together.
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