A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995

I was very impressed with the way A Noble Lie tells the story of the OKC bombing. The film makers don't use cheesy sound fx, savvy editing or the like to add fluff here. Any documentary that does usually means the content is not strong enough to rest on its own. That is not the case with this one.

A Noble Lie uses physical evidence, eye witness testimony, media reports, and court documents to allow the viewer to come to their own conclusion. All in all it was very informative, and did not pile on too much at the same time. I would like to see some things discussed more in detail, like Tim McVeigh's interviews in prison, and I'm hearing a sequel is in the works, so hopefully that happens.

Any person with a critical eye that likes to think for themselves, I recommend checking this one out.

A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 tries to be the Loose Change of, obviously, the Oklahoma City bombing. Does it work? Not really, and that's kind of a low bar to live up to anyways, isn't it?

I mean, the reason Loose Change isn't absolute garbage is because it feels so amateurish and therefore has a sense of grittiness about it.

If that film were expertly made and well financed when it first dropped, it may have piqued interest, but it would be a completely different experience.

That's not to say A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 is expertly made. It isn't. But it at least tries to make an actual argument (as opposed to some conspiracy documentaries that throw everything against the wall to see what sticks).

As usual with these types of films, the "facts" presented are oftentimes not that.

This film also loses credibility the moment you hear the voice of Alex Jones, who was interviewed and espouses some ambiguous hogwash.

This is a decent effort from indie filmmaker James Lane (who has a predictably bizarre filmography) but I can't recommend it.

It would have been better if it took a less conspiratorial government-did-it-or-let-it-happen approach and more of a "did the government drop the ball?" approach which, to its credit, it does touch on with the Elohim City stuff - just not firmly enough in my opinion.

Watched it with an open mind, but as the journalist claims HE HIMSELF became the PIVOTAL part in a conspiracy where all smart people targeted the "proudly self educated masses" I came to a realisation:

Either he's severely delusional

OR HE'S A FRAUD. A marketing gimmick, trying to promote his own career.

So Jane Graham appears in this film, but they don't ask her about the two perpetrators of the bombing, who she saw in the building twice, on the two days before the bombing, and then saw, by accident, on television, walking in front of the cameras, right in front of the Murrah Building? Jane Graham gave video testimony to this effect, in great detail, in the video 'Coverup in Oklahoma', where she holds a photograph of a screen grab of that video of two of the perpetrators. She talks for almost one hour, in two interviews, about those two perpetrators. Their photo is very clearly shown both at 47:10 and at the very end of 'Coverup in Oklahoma' - so why does A Noble Lie not mention these two murderers? Why didn't Alex Jones ask Jane Graham about these two perpetrators when he interviewed her? Therefore, you can take 'A Noble Lie' as a REAL 'noble lie', it is disinformation, designed to allow the perpetrators to go free, because we have VIDEO evidence of who they are, yet these two men have never been arrested or charged.

It's America, there's a tragedy or outrage, so obviously you look for the conspiracy. If it's South it must be them damn Yankee Feds. If it's North it must be them damn gun toting rednecks of the NRA. America has a conspiracy theory for everything from flat Earth to lunar landings. Long may it continue, might not stand up to critical examination, but it always intrigues you. As a Brit the main thing that got me is why the hell are ATF in the same building as a childcare centre, what next, FBI offices above the retirees home. We pour scorn on others we say are using human shields, no military, intelligence, or enforcement agency should be anywhere near these places.As for the basic premise it's the old story, possibility / probability / definitive. Depending on viewpoint you'll choose the one you prefer, I'll choose the wonderful Scottish cop out verdict - NOT PROVEN. :-)