By: Jay Dyer
Some of these will be obvious, but are there insights in certain lesser-known films that shed light on real-world conspiracies? My list will exclude all things alien, since I’m of the opinion the alien agenda is largely a bunch of bunk. In selecting my favorites, I’ve tried to balance quality with subject matter, as some films may have a great concept with poor execution. If you missed any of these or if they’re long-forgotten films you halfway watched with that sexy date 15 years ago, I recommend giving them a new look.
10.Conspiracy Theory. 1997. Director Richard Donner has Mel Gibson as the tinfoil hat nutball seeking to uncover the truth about his own past. Ultimately the film details the actual Mkultra program, with Captain Picard as the handler.
9. V for Vendetta. 2005. A Wachowski brothers work, V initiates Eve into the realities of the establishment’s corruption.
Some of these will be obvious, but are there insights in certain lesser-known films that shed light on real-world conspiracies? My list will exclude all things alien, since I’m of the opinion the alien agenda is largely a bunch of bunk. In selecting my favorites, I’ve tried to balance quality with subject matter, as some films may have a great concept with poor execution. If you missed any of these or if they’re long-forgotten films you halfway watched with that sexy date 15 years ago, I recommend giving them a new look.
10.Conspiracy Theory. 1997. Director Richard Donner has Mel Gibson as the tinfoil hat nutball seeking to uncover the truth about his own past. Ultimately the film details the actual Mkultra program, with Captain Picard as the handler.
9. V for Vendetta. 2005. A Wachowski brothers work, V initiates Eve into the realities of the establishment’s corruption.
- 6/4/2015
- by Jay Dyer
- SoundOnSight
'JFK' movie with Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison 'JFK' assassination movie: Gripping political drama gives added meaning to 'Rewriting History' If it's an Oliver Stone film, it must be bombastic, sentimental, clunky, and controversial. With the exception of "clunky," JFK is all of the above. It is also riveting, earnest, dishonest, moving, irritating, paranoid, and, more frequently than one might expect, outright brilliant. In sum, Oliver Stone's 1991 political thriller about a determined district attorney's investigation of the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy is a slick piece of propaganda that mostly works both dramatically and cinematically. If only some of the facts hadn't gotten trampled on the way to film illustriousness. With the exception of John Williams' overemphatic score – Oliver Stone films need anything but overemphasis – JFK's technical and artistic details are put in place to extraordinary effect. Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia's editing...
- 5/15/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Oliver Stone's "JFK" is a masterpiece. I say that unequivocally. It's masterful filmmaking of a degree few could ever hope to reach, but it's been consistently plagued and overshadowed by the whiff of conspiracy fatigue ever since its 1991 release. This has always been strange to me. Nothing presented in the film is all that far-fetched, and depending on your opinion of Dallas journalist Jim Marrs, it was all perfectly well-reported before Stone and screenwriter Zachary Sklar came along. Meanwhile, there has been a curiously strong push lately, it seems, to ensure once-and-for-all acceptance of the lone gunman theory, which, I'm...
- 9/20/2013
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
"You're close. You're closer than you think."
Plenty of conspiracies going around in this weekend's Skyfall release, so why not close out the weekend with the ultimate conspiracy movie, Oliver Stone's JFK?
Released in 1991, JFK followed the investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as conducted by former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner). Stone based the screenplay on two books — Garrison's On the Trail of the Assassins and Jim Marrs' Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy — as well as putting together his own team to do exhaustive research on the subject. Stone was rewarded with 8 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. Also nominated was Tommy Lee Jones for his work playing Clay Shaw, the only person charged with in connection with the Kennedy Assassination (though he was found not guilty). JFK is filled with great performances, however, with...
Plenty of conspiracies going around in this weekend's Skyfall release, so why not close out the weekend with the ultimate conspiracy movie, Oliver Stone's JFK?
Released in 1991, JFK followed the investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as conducted by former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner). Stone based the screenplay on two books — Garrison's On the Trail of the Assassins and Jim Marrs' Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy — as well as putting together his own team to do exhaustive research on the subject. Stone was rewarded with 8 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. Also nominated was Tommy Lee Jones for his work playing Clay Shaw, the only person charged with in connection with the Kennedy Assassination (though he was found not guilty). JFK is filled with great performances, however, with...
- 11/11/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
JFK (1991) Direction: Oliver Stone Cast: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Laurie Metcalf, Jack Lemmon, Sally Kirkland, Jay O. Sanders, Edward Asner, Walter Matthau, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Rooker, John Candy, Donald Sutherland Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar; from Jim Marrs' book Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy and Jim Garrison's book On the Trail of the Assassins Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison in JFK Paranoid? Moi? If it's an Oliver Stone film, it must be bombastic, sentimental, clunky, and controversial. With the exception of "clunky," JFK is all of the above. It is also riveting, earnest, dishonest, moving, irritating, paranoid, and, more frequently than one might expect, outright brilliant. In sum, Oliver Stone's 1991 political thriller about a determined district attorney's investigation on the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy is a slick piece of...
- 2/5/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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