George Govus Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 "Duped." Michel J. Gagné was "duped" when he went to see Oliver Stone's "JFK" in 1991. “People my age just took the film as fact – hook, line and sinker,” he said. In 1991 I was not focused on JFK's life or his death, and Oliver Stone's film came and went without me noticing. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/oliver-stones-jfk-greatest-lie-hollywood-ever-told/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Zartman Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I'd like to read it, but I don't really want to sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Govus Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 I didn't have to create a Telegraph account. In fact I came across it reprinted by Yahoo. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-oliver-stone-jfk-greatest-094033716.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Zartman Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, George Govus said: I didn't have to create a Telegraph account. In fact I came across it reprinted by Yahoo. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-oliver-stone-jfk-greatest-094033716.html Thanks for the link, George. It's the same, superficial, misleading rehash of the Lone Nut theory I thought it might be. I keep hoping that if someone is going to write an article about the film in this day and age that they would at least take the time to try and bring something fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Zartman Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Quote He also paid $50,000 to film on the sixth floor of the Book Depository, where Oswald shot Kennedy, and restored the “grassy knoll” area to how it looked in 1963. But his portrayal of Jim Garrison and Clay Shaw (played in the movie by Tommy Lee Jones) was less authentic, and more problematic: Garrison as a lone crusader of American justice, and Clay – a proven innocent man – as a smug, sexually deviant conspirator. This is one of my pet peeves. Courts don't prove someone innocent. A verdict of "Not Guilty" means that the prosecution hasn't proven their case, not that the accused is innocent of the charge or charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Man, what a piece of pure hackery. Actually its worse than that. The guy is doing a smoke and mirrors job on the public. Pat Lambert, Rosemary James, Don Carpenter, and Bugliosi, of all people. It almost makes me think he had advance knowledge of Stone's interview in the Times. I mean what other occasion would there be to publish this at this time? Edited July 16, 2020 by James DiEugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, George Govus said: I didn't have to create a Telegraph account. In fact I came across it reprinted by Yahoo. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-oliver-stone-jfk-greatest-094033716.html Thanks for this George. I'm going to link it in Jim D's thread about Oliver Stone's NYT Magazine interview concerning their documentary Destiny Betrayed as it's relevant there. One of the worst hit pieces I've ever read. More crap in it than a Christmas Turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Govus Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, James DiEugenio said: I mean what other occasion would there be to publish this at this time? That was my thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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