JFK (DVD)

"...what's the reason? Well if it prospers then none dare call it treason". This is perhaps the perfect summary of the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of President John F Kennedy. Back in the early-mid 90s when I was at my most inquisitive, the film that I played every day and remembered more vividly than any other was Oliver Stone’s epic “JFK”. Now, in the early 00’s, when I currently am at my most debatable and questioningly inquisitive (in an educationally enlightening way), the movie that I play more than any other and the one that serves to intrigue more than any other is…still, Oliver ...

Oliver Stone has often been derided as a paranoid conspiracy theorist who tends to use the cinema as a battleground for his own personal wars. As a Vietnam Vet, he tends to plan his projects in the same way the Nazis planned their fateful raid on Stalingrad - bold in concept, meticulously planned, but ultimately too much to bite off. The stereotyped image of Stone as a raving fear merchant quickly dissolves during a viewing of 'JFK', which, incidentally, is his only overtly conspiracy based work to date. It comes as a surprise, given his reputation, that Stone lucidly and cool-headedly assembles all his evidence, convincing and otherwise, and ...

Until recently the paranoid dvd owner has only had one version of JFK to watch and conjure up theories on Kennedys assasination. Fot he UK market that's still true as the film is available in it's three hour version with only dolby surround sound. In the USA however Warner Bros have now released a Special Edition directors cut spanning two dvd's The film now runs for an epic 205 minutes but is never dull as Oliver Stone throws so much into the pot that makes you think and keeps you gripped. The extra 17 minutes of footage only makes things more open and is the definitive version that was intended. There's no filler here. Just to give an ...