JFK
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JFK
Film Studies
JFK/by Oliver Stone
Mr. McCoy
Day 1
"There has never been a more subversive, conspiratorial, unpatriotic or endangering issue for the security of the United States and the world than the attempt by the US government to hide the murderer of its President." BERTRAND RUSSELL
Now that the assassination is surrounded by nearly five decades of speculation and hearsay and by the most bewildering array of conspiracy theories, it is worth focusing briefly on a few key points: the assassination, Kennedy, his supposed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald The historian, and the film-maker are faced with almost insurmountable problems in trying to find the 'truth' what went on in Dallas in November of 1963 despite - but often because of - a literal crowd of eye witnesses the desperate curiosity of an outraged nation, and the investigative resources of two mammoth intelligence organizations and the police departments of three major cities.
Before considering the evidence presented in the JFK film, it is worth thinking about the problems that a film maker faces when he or she chooses to make a film about an historical eventg/subject.
Look carefully at the six questions below…See if you can answer them.
1. What should a good historian try to do when writing about history?
2. What should a feature film director try to do in his/her historical film?
3. What- are the problems that you think face a feature film maker when he/she comes to make a film about an historical subject?
4. When a student of history looks at a feature film dealing with an historical subject, what should he/she consider about the ways in which history is presented? How can a film assist a student in exploring an historical event?
5. In what ways are feature films reliable sources for historians and in what ways are they unreliable?
6. Do you think that it is possible to make a 'good historical film that would appeal to audiences and also satisfy historians?
Film Studies
JFK/by Oliver Stone
Mr. McCoy
Day 1
"There has never been a more subversive, conspiratorial, unpatriotic or endangering issue for the security of the United States and the world than the attempt by the US government to hide the murderer of its President." BERTRAND RUSSELL
Now that the assassination is surrounded by nearly five decades of speculation and hearsay and by the most bewildering array of conspiracy theories, it is worth focusing briefly on a few key points: the assassination, Kennedy, his supposed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald The historian, and the film-maker are faced with almost insurmountable problems in trying to find the 'truth' what went on in Dallas in November of 1963 despite - but often because of - a literal crowd of eye witnesses the desperate curiosity of an outraged nation, and the investigative resources of two mammoth intelligence organizations and the police departments of three major cities.
Before considering the evidence presented in the JFK film, it is worth thinking about the problems that a film maker faces when he or she chooses to make a film about an historical eventg/subject.
Look carefully at the six questions below…See if you can answer them.
1. What should a good historian try to do when writing about history?
2. What should a feature film director try to do in his/her historical film?
3. What- are the problems that you think face a feature film maker when he/she comes to make a film about an historical subject?
4. When a student of history looks at a feature film dealing with an historical subject, what should he/she consider about the ways in which history is presented? How can a film assist a student in exploring an historical event?
5. In what ways are feature films reliable sources for historians and in what ways are they unreliable?
6. Do you think that it is possible to make a 'good historical film that would appeal to audiences and also satisfy historians?