But I am a film critic and my assignment is different than his. He wants facts. I want moods, tones, fears, imaginings, whims, speculations, nightmares. As a general principle, I believe films are the wrong medium for fact. Fact belongs in print.
Films are about emotions.
All we can reasonably ask is that it be skillfully made and seem to approach some kind of emotional truth. Given that standard, ''JFK'' is a masterpiece. It' s like a collage of all the books and articles, documentaries and TV shows, scholarly debates and conspiracy theories since 1963. Oliver Stone was born to make this movie. He is a filmmaker of feverish energy and limitless technical skills, able to assemble a bewildering array of facts and fancies and compose them into a film without getting bogged down.