Just Flagrant Konspiracy (DVD)

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2010)

I think that our personal history can only make sense when we blend it with the global history. And as I said with another historic movie, facts are the bricks for getting into the events. Conclusions, hypothesis, commentaries are maybe useful but they can't replace the facts. This method is rewarding concerning this dramatic event of our previous century because it shocked a world while just a handful was present on this famous Dealey Plaza, November 1963. Above all, a movie make you see things as they were, thus you just call for your best judgment. So, let's take a look at what happened:
1) The supposed lone gunman (HLO) fired at the most difficult time to aim: when the presidential car moved away and not while it was right in front of him. Strange? 2) The place of the shooting is the best for a trap: you see the famous grassy knoll and just behind a huge parking and nothing else except railroads. Coincidence? 3) The definitive visual proof: the Zapruder movie: if JFK fell left and behind with the head gunshot, thus that means that someone behind him and at his right, as HLO, could have been the killer. Nonsense!
That's why I just loved this movie because it's like living this dreadful day right from where it happened. So when you heard a past (awful) president, involved in the Agency and making dollars with blood, saying "it's a crap", well, you know that the movie kicked where it hurts!
While watching it, I read the 1968 book "The Plot" which amazed me because I think it's the quickest book to reach the same conspiracy conclusion. Together, they make me understand the motive for the killing: JFK was a pacifist and as he would have been surely reelected for a second and finale mandate, he would have then his hands free to do what he wanted. And peace wasn't what the military-industrial complex wanted, as warned by his predecessor Eisenhower, himself coming from this corporation.
So, this movie is a powerful testimony for truth and in addition, a truly artistic masterpiece: the editing, the cinematography with fictional shooting and real footage makes a nearly virtual experience. It's not only talks because for each opinion, you see immediately the actual and real proof. We must thank Stone for his great cast and his attention to profile it as the real people. I have never been a great fan of Costner but for a actor labeled "action", he was just amazing portraying the attorney. He delivers a great incarnation of courage and dedication. If you add a great score from one of the best, John Williams, you got the ultimate movie of 1991: a story that you can't forget told by excellent artists!
In spite of its high quality, the winner for "Best Movie" at the academy awards was "Silence of the lambs". Bullshit! If you don't want to die dumb and oppressed, then watch this one instead and think!