tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437763168521110194.post8459071148431619703..comments2023-09-27T03:01:50.992-05:00Comments on Brilliant Disguises: Oliver Stone's 'JFK': The Truth Will Set You FreeWilliam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889140907592265520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437763168521110194.post-40904369553321795302013-11-21T14:08:00.417-06:002013-11-21T14:08:00.417-06:00I'm amazed, I have to say. Really hardly at an...I'm amazed, I have to say. Really hardly at any time do I experience a site that's the two educative and entertaining, and allow me tell you, you might have strike the nail on the head. Your concept is fantastic the issue is anything that not ample men and women are speaking intelligently about. I am very joyful that I stumbled across this in my find for anything referring to this.<br /><a href="http://www.dallaslimo4you.com" rel="nofollow">dfw airport car service</a><br /><a href="http://www.dallaslimo4you.com" rel="nofollow">dallas airport taxi</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580671622704739724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437763168521110194.post-87229801335838584362013-11-20T21:44:05.520-06:002013-11-20T21:44:05.520-06:00Good job on mentioning "The Conspirators"...Good job on mentioning "The Conspirators" -- that is a fine cue. (And one even Williams himself couldn't help ripping off; there's a cue in "Jurassic Park" that is essentially the exact same set of ideas.)<br /><br />I also can't help but marvel at that cast for "JFK." That might be one of the top ten casts to any movie ever filmed.Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437763168521110194.post-7835128275699808542013-11-20T21:21:59.864-06:002013-11-20T21:21:59.864-06:00"JFK" is one of Williams' most innov..."JFK" is one of Williams' most innovative scores. There's the symphonic main title, the track "The Conspirators" that was totally ripped off for the theme to "The Usual Suspects," the "Drummers Salute" that plays over the prologue, and the "Arlington" theme which anticipates his work in "Schindler's List." Awesome. William Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889140907592265520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437763168521110194.post-14934580672423980272013-11-20T21:14:58.682-06:002013-11-20T21:14:58.682-06:00The first time I saw this movie, I was still in hi...The first time I saw this movie, I was still in high school, and hadn't quite learned the lesson that sometimes people who write stories are liars. Sometimes -- and this an even harder lesson to learn -- they KNOW you know they are liars, and tell their lies accordingly. In that fashion, they become something other than lies: they become fiction, which is a very different thing.<br /><br />This review is a fine argument for why the one is okay, whereas the other isn't. And Stone's movie is A-okay by me: it's entertaining as heck, and unless you are a hapless high-schooler (or a hapless adult, perhaps) there's surely no way you watch a movie like this and take it for the gospel. What it IS is deliberately constructed mythology, and as such, it is fairly fascinating. It's been too long since I saw it.<br /><br />I watched the recent television movie "Killing Kennedy" (which was okay) and found myself thinking primarily about "JFK" and "11/22/63" the whole time! I actually found myself thinking, "Hmm...Jake is listening to every word of this right now...!" and sort of felt vaguely ashamed of myself. Not really, though; that was a great novel, and every bit as delicious a bit of myth-making as "JFK," if not moreso.<br /><br />Final note: "JFK" has an awesome John Williams score. Not one of his more heralded works, but it probably ought to be.<br /><br />Great review!Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.com