Best politically loaded movie ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2014)

Best politically loaded movie ever made. Oliver Stone is one of my favorite movie producers of all time (in company with Stanley Kubrick). As a master piece of cinematography this movie JFK is on a par with Natural born killers, of course its a completely different movie... but there are parallels: political contexts, the role of the media, violence etc. As Natural borne killers is a film about individuals doing murder, by serial killings, JFK is mainly about political murder. The film is mainly based on Jim Garrisons book "On the trail of the assassins". I have read this book â€“ and its a great book in its tantalizing plot. I can not say that either the book or the film is what happened in Dallas ergo the killing of president Kennedy, what I can say is that the film is a great adaptation of a book that was being accused of being a insane mans egotistical search for notoriety. Hollywood changed this claim in a big way and gave Jim Garrison the pat on the back that this former DA deserves. Whatever the truth may be, Garrison did his job, by this I mean he did his job, like all civil servants ought to do, with total disregard for personal benefit, in search for the truth, over and beyond his professions stated responsibility. The film has some some very deep implications about power and the almighty's control of the media, and this subject should be discussed all he more since the medias roll in world politics is ever greater in steering opinions, morals and the way we think about history If you haven't seen this movie you ought to, and if you have seen it read Garrisons book.