Fourteen years ago this year, the movie JFK was thrust upon the American public. There’s nothing significant about a 14th anniversary; I just wanted an excuse to blog about the movie. 
Hollywood director Oliver Stone is a raging liberal, but his 1991 movie is one of my favorites. The way he juxtaposes fact and fiction, actual black and white film footage from the era and his own creations, makes for a very entertaining film. He takes rumor and speculation, coupled with his political leanings, and fashions what I consider a masterpiece in filmmaking.
I’m somewhat of a conspiracy theorist when it comes to the murder of John F. Kennedy. On the one hand, I believe Kennedy was murdered by certain rogue elements in the government, with assistance, most likely, from the mob and/or professional assassins. Unlike Stone, however, I believe Lee Harvey Oswald was one of the shooters but was set up to be the lone scapegoat.
On the other hand, given the sheer number of people and plans that had to be in place to carry out something of that magnitude — plotting and committing the murder of a sitting president — it seems impossible that in all these years, no one has told what really happened and who else was involved. Human nature doesn’t work that way. If there is something to know, somebody somewhere will tell it.
But it’s still fun to speculate.
While researching another topic on Saturday, I found this 1993 Frontline documentary about Oswald on the PBS web site. I watched the whole thing, which prompted me to watch JFK for the 20th time, which prompted me to blog about it today. Until the murder is solved to my satisfaction, I’ll always be fascinated by the mystery.
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