Thursday, December 19, 2019

Jfk, An American Thriller Directed By Oliver Stone

JFK, an American thriller directed by Oliver Stone, arrived in theaters in December of 1991. The movie scrutinizes the series of events that culminated in the shooting of President John F. Kennedy and the ensuing cover-up perceived through the eyes of former New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison, who is played by renowned American actor, Kevin Costner. Some years following President Kennedy’s assassination, Jim Garrison filed charges against New Orleans entrepreneur Clay Shaw, who is played by actor Tommy Lee Jones. Clay Shaw was accused of allegedly conspiring against and contributing to a plot to murder President John F. Kennedy, for which Lee Harvey Oswald, portrayed by Gary Oldman, was found to be the assassin by two government†¦show more content†¦JFK was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two awards, one for best cinematography and the other for best film editing. The opening of the film starts off with media footage, including the farewell address in 1961 of outgoing President Dwight Eisenhower warning about the build-up of the military-industrial complex. Following thereafter, a summary of John F. Kennedy’s years as president, emphasizing the events that, in Stone s thesis, would lead up to his assassination. As the movie progresses it builds to a reconstruction of the assassination on November 22, 1963. New Orleans District Attorney, Jim Garrison had doubts about the events that led up to and followed John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Garrison learned about possible leads that could have participated in the assassination of Kennedy through mutual acquaintances but he and his team were forced to abandon further investigation into those leads because Lee Harvey Oswald was detained as the assassin that killed the President. Unfortunately, before any real truth could be revealed about Oswald’s part in the assassination he wa s shot and killed by Jack Ruby. After Lee Harvey Oswald was killed, Jack Ruby was detained by the FBI and was not allowed to have visitors. Jim Garrison and his team decided to cease the investigation despite the fact that they felt uneasy about how the events revolved around President Kennedy’s

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