Using new technology, the filmmakers show what is really going on in the famous Zapruder film of the assassination of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy (JFK)Using new technology, the filmmakers show what is really going on in the famous Zapruder film of the assassination of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy (JFK)Using new technology, the filmmakers show what is really going on in the famous Zapruder film of the assassination of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy (JFK)
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Seemingly put together on free editing software, the makers present a laughable theory and have the cheek to end it "maybe we can finally put this all to bed."
For someone who has had to research enough information to put together a 90 minute documentary, I'm absolutely staggered that this is the conclusion he arrived at.
The narration sounds like it was recorded one sentence at a time and lacks a smooth consistency, instead always starting off on the same annoying high tone. Cheesy sample stock footage is cut randomly between 144p resolution images of events at the time. There's a guy stood against a white wall giving us his expertise as an absolute nobody, and has the audacity to question Oliver Stone's years of research that he and a film crew conducted.
Nothing in this feels coherent, plausible or faithful to what actually happened on 11/22/63, and it's highly unlikely that if you've done more than a days worth of research on JFK that this will teach you anything more.
I'm also surprised and concerned by how easy it now seems to be that anyone can spend a weekend slapping together 90 minutes of film and get to show it on Amazon Prime.
Pros: some use of new footage
Cons: narration difficult to listen to, extremely poor quality images and videos, new crackpot theory, everything feels like it was used because it was free - a budget of $0.
For someone who has had to research enough information to put together a 90 minute documentary, I'm absolutely staggered that this is the conclusion he arrived at.
The narration sounds like it was recorded one sentence at a time and lacks a smooth consistency, instead always starting off on the same annoying high tone. Cheesy sample stock footage is cut randomly between 144p resolution images of events at the time. There's a guy stood against a white wall giving us his expertise as an absolute nobody, and has the audacity to question Oliver Stone's years of research that he and a film crew conducted.
Nothing in this feels coherent, plausible or faithful to what actually happened on 11/22/63, and it's highly unlikely that if you've done more than a days worth of research on JFK that this will teach you anything more.
I'm also surprised and concerned by how easy it now seems to be that anyone can spend a weekend slapping together 90 minutes of film and get to show it on Amazon Prime.
Pros: some use of new footage
Cons: narration difficult to listen to, extremely poor quality images and videos, new crackpot theory, everything feels like it was used because it was free - a budget of $0.
This is either a parody of conspiracy thinking or the people involved were given a pile of money to come up with something new regardless of how silly. It could well be that at the end there is a big reveal but I bailed out after wasting 70 minutes of my life.
I have seen previous documentaries say it was The Mob, the CIA, Cuban exiles, American Communists in support of Cuba, Castro, the Military Industrial complex, accidental shooting by his own security detail and so on but none of those match the sheer silliness of this one.
There is actually a good documentary to be made about conspiracy theories being valuable to nefarious people in power as the noise created by nonsense such as this is excellent cover for their activities.
Avoid this "documentary" like the plague.
I have seen previous documentaries say it was The Mob, the CIA, Cuban exiles, American Communists in support of Cuba, Castro, the Military Industrial complex, accidental shooting by his own security detail and so on but none of those match the sheer silliness of this one.
There is actually a good documentary to be made about conspiracy theories being valuable to nefarious people in power as the noise created by nonsense such as this is excellent cover for their activities.
Avoid this "documentary" like the plague.
The movie kept talking about the 30 caliber bullet from the Italian Carcano rifle that LHO allegedly used to assinate JFK. Well unless someone put a new barrel on the Carcano rifle, it was a 6.5 MM bullet. 30 caliber equals 7.62 MM thus the 6.5 MM bullet is smaller. Not much research went into the making of this film
And for someone to allege that JFK faked his death, that is crazy.
Also to the report that Tippet was dubbed in for the examination at the hospital is wrong. He was taken to the Methodist Hospital whereas JFK was taken to Parkland hospital. Again very poor research on your end
Very big waste of time and you lost my interest when talking about a 30 caliber bullet.
And for someone to allege that JFK faked his death, that is crazy.
Also to the report that Tippet was dubbed in for the examination at the hospital is wrong. He was taken to the Methodist Hospital whereas JFK was taken to Parkland hospital. Again very poor research on your end
Very big waste of time and you lost my interest when talking about a 30 caliber bullet.
There's a book theorizing that Aristotle Onassis killed JFK because he wanted his wife. I never thought I'd ever find anything more ridiculous. I was wrong. You have got to be kidding me. Maybe you are kidding me. Maybe it's all a joke. No interviews with the doctors, and I thought there were supposed to be interviews with doctors, emergency room doctors, who actually worked on Kennedy. It's all a bunch of goofy theorizing by some guy, very glib and and perfectly rehearsed, claiming the use of then-unknown technology, and I'm not talking about the technology of assassination. Also, he calls mobster Johnny Rosselli, Johnny Rossalini. In fact, he knows nothing about the mob.
Solved ? Ridiculous. SO many reasons it is just silly. The number of people to "go into hiding" and remain silent. So many outright lies and incredible stretching of facts ... Jackie married Onassis so SOON after JFK death (5 FIVE years after). JFK on Skorpios ... Then 5 years later she married. So many attended his body ... All saw a body double ? JD Tippett was NOT in any ways "identical" to JFK except the both had 2 eyes, a nose and a mouth. JD T was in the casket ... Um, what about JDT funeral ... Who was that in his casket ? Oswald killed nobody but JDT ... So Oswald worked in the Texas School Book Depository ... people DID see a white male with a rifle. JFK is shot in front of the TSBD and Oswald leaves work (did not kill JFK) goes home and then out for a stroll decides to shoot Tippett (the supposed body double) who later is in the JFK casket. The silliest and most STUPID claim is Jackie pulling a string so the "Hollywood" fake blood capsule explodes on his right side head.
Just plain NUTS QANON jibberish. Weidner is NOT a celebrated film maker but a typical outlandish "theory est" who made a slick and somewhat professional appearing (appearing if you are ignorant and ignorant of the details of the assassination) video that is just plain embarassingly ridiculous. A total SKIP watching.
Just plain NUTS QANON jibberish. Weidner is NOT a celebrated film maker but a typical outlandish "theory est" who made a slick and somewhat professional appearing (appearing if you are ignorant and ignorant of the details of the assassination) video that is just plain embarassingly ridiculous. A total SKIP watching.
Did you know
- TriviaThe same technology that is used to restore older films back to their pristine origin is used in this documentary on the famous Zapruder film of the assassination of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy (JFK)
- GoofsJay Weidner, the researcher on camera, states that an anonymous call tipped off the police that Lee Harvey Oswald was in the Texas Theater where he was eventually arrested. This is false. Mr. John Brewer, the manager of a shoe store across the street from the theater, saw Oswald enter the theater, tipped off Mrs. Julia Postal who worked in the theater's box office, who then called the police. This has been a known fact since November 22, 1963.
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