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Tuesday, October 30
This film is beautiful, but you have to get through to the end, I think, to really get the premise. It's... I don't know. I am without a lot of critique or commentary, which is strange for me. If you watch it, don't give up until you get to the last third where they go into the terrible and perpetual War on Terror. This is a very important film, even if it is fringe and alarmist at times. But the point isn't really even about conspiracy, it's about human nature and love. I'd love to sit and discuss it with you sometime...
Also, the section with J.F.K.'s speech some of you will recognise as it was played at Muse's set at ACL this year. The website for the movie points out some important points. I read the full text of the speech, and parts are definately out of context the way it is edited.
Also, the section with J.F.K.'s speech some of you will recognise as it was played at Muse's set at ACL this year. The website for the movie points out some important points. I read the full text of the speech, and parts are definately out of context the way it is edited.
1:09:22- 1:11:05You can read the full speech at www.jfklibrary.org.
These extracts from the JFK speech entitled "The President and the Press" from April 27, 1961, are used as a dramatized introduction to Part 3, and are not exactly in context with the original intent of JFK's speech. Though President Kennedy does indeed address the peril of secrecy, denouncing "secret societies", "secret oaths" and "secret proceedings" in his statements, the latter section is related to his views on Communism and not these societies.
