Vince Palamara Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (2-hour version last night. 4-hour version today. I am going to watch/listen to the audio commentary by Stone and DiEiugenio for the 2-hour version tomorrow) Fantastic, fabulous, essential, classic, etc. This series defies words. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was blown away by the sheer amount of diverse content as presented by the impressive list of speakers. I took copious notes that almost looks like a small paperback LOL! Here is a great analogy [keeping in mind the "ET" controversy, which I equate to the Three Tramps in "JFK" in 1991]: If this was the Super Bowl, this team won 52-3 (would have been a shut out if not for the "ET"). Still a huge and impressive victory. I also highly recommend the book of the film- super impressive. The book almost acts as the unofficial "6-hour version." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Thanks so much VInce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 BTW, the best part of the book is the interview subjects. As I said, we could have easily had a six hour film. Just as strong. The key to it was the sheer number of good interview subjects. That will never be done again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Thorne Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 A really good, fair and enthusiastic review of the release. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/JFK-Revisited-Through-the-Looking-Glass-Blu-ray/316081/#Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) Thanks for that Anthony. Yes, that was intelligent and informed. Edited July 24, 2022 by James DiEugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Palamara Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, James DiEugenio said: Thanks so much VInce. The audio commentary is fantastic! Jim, how does it feel to have made THE best JFK assassination documentary (and related book) ever? Very impressive! I have told many people about it. Edited July 24, 2022 by Vince Palamara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Palamara Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 13 hours ago, James DiEugenio said: BTW, the best part of the book is the interview subjects. As I said, we could have easily had a six hour film. Just as strong. The key to it was the sheer number of good interview subjects. That will never be done again. Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Palamara Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 12 hours ago, Anthony Thorne said: A really good, fair and enthusiastic review of the release. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/JFK-Revisited-Through-the-Looking-Glass-Blu-ray/316081/#Review Excellent review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) I will be talking about this in Dallas. After Rob Wilson paid 3000 dollars to bring one person into Oliver's office in West LA, he decided it would be cheaper for us to go to the interviewees. So that is when we set up shop at hotels in Dallas, Georgetown, New Orleans, and San Francisco. We did do a final reshoot in Los Angeles. This is why I say there will likely never be a JFK documentary like this again. Because no one will spend the money to shoot all those people actually talking about what was in the ARRB files and the new evidence. It was a lot of money to do that. Edited July 24, 2022 by James DiEugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Palamara Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, James DiEugenio said: I will be talking about this in Dallas. After Rob Wilson paid 3000 dollars to bring one person into Oliver's office in West LA, he decided it would be cheaper for us to go to the interviewees. So that is when we set up shop in hotels in Dallas, Georgetown, New Orleans, and San Francisco. We did do a final reshoot in Los Angeles. This is why I say there will likely never be a JFK documentary like this again. Because no one will spend the money to shoot all those people actually talking about what was in the ARRB files and the new evidence. It was a lot of money to do that. Wow--it has been #1 for a while! I just posted on my blog about it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Oh, that is neat. Thanks again Vince. BTW, I have to say, we had to talk Shout Factory into doing the DVD release. 😃 Rob Wilson was just going to duplicate the films on disc and set up office in his garage. Then me and him would do the packing and mailing at the post office. Maybe we should have. We would have made more money by cutting out the middle man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Palamara Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, James DiEugenio said: Oh, that is neat. Thanks again Vince. BTW, I have to say, we had to talk Shout Factory into doing the DVD release. 😃 Rob Wilson was just going to duplicate the films on disc and set up office in his garage. Then me and him would do the packing and mailing at the post office. Maybe we should have. We would have made more money by cutting out the middle man. This is the best documentary ever and probably will always stand as such (just as the "JFK" movie will always be the best assassination movie). It sounds like it is doing great business! There is a lot of buzz to it and the reaction I am seeing on my Facebook has been tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Palamara Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 One more thing, Jim--VERY smart idea making it a DVD/BLU RAY combo (more options) and including an audio commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I don't know exactly who decided that. Probably Rob with the distributor. But the thing is they brought it in at a relatively low price for all the attributes. And I think that is one reason its selling. Shout Factory has to be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Tracy Parnell Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 JFK Files: Reviewing Oliver Stone’s Documentary – JFK: Revisited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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