Still to say: America, the hope of mankind!

Floy 2022-03-24 09:01:38

In the modern history of the United States, the assassination of Kennedy should be an inescapable scar and a mystery that has not yet been revealed.

Directed by Oliver Stone, the film takes aim at JFK's vice-president Lyndon Johnson, and in the film he and his related interest groups are portrayed as true underworld leaders. For some of the content of this film, it is impossible to confirm whether it is reliable because it is limited to real historical materials, but the protagonist in the film, New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison, fought tirelessly with the powerful and the media they controlled to pursue the truth. Courage and integrity are admirable. Especially his impassioned closing speech at the end of the film is quite wonderful, and it can also be called a classic, which is even more thought-provoking.

Personally, I tend to agree with the view that JFK died of a political conspiracy. In a country like the United States with a high degree of democracy, the rule of law, and high information transparency, such an incident is indeed shocking. But think about it, as long as human beings exist, his dark side - selfishness, greed, evil will still exist, and this will inevitably be reflected in society and also in politics.

An idealistic perfect politics does not exist, and an idealistic perfect society is still in existence. However, countries with advanced systems such as the United States have achieved the control of these evil forces as small as possible, although the evil forces may also be like the Kennedy assassination incident. It generally broke out, but it could not last, and the development of the country and society was still generally in line with the needs of the majority of the people.

USA, the hope of humankind! This is true from its exploration of space, from its pursuit of freedom and truth, and the release of this film also reflects its free, open and enterprising spirit.

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  • Jacinthe 2021-11-14 08:01:25

    Director's cut version/The best American theme I've seen so far. The treatment of JFK as a spiritual symbol may not necessarily conform to the historical reality, but almost perfectly completes the artistic reality. It is not only power that hides the truth, but also human cowardice. What is even more desperate is that the pervasive elite consciousness throughout the film may no longer be able to save the world. It is not easy to be able to tell such a complicated story clearly, and more than 200 minutes is not boring and amazing.

  • Summer 2021-11-14 08:01:25

    SIFF@大光光; I'm very grateful that I haven't watched this movie before or even spoiled it. For more than three hours, it became a dreamlike illusion and mesmerizing. No matter from the technical level or the emotional shock, it makes people experience unparalleled moving. You can say that it is another dumping packaged into the American dream, but this kind of dream can at least be done in reality; the final speech hits people's hearts directly, and the desire for truth is the driving force for human progress; OliverStone's greatest movie!

JFK quotes

  • [first lines]

    title card: "To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards of men." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    President Eisenhower: ...We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. And to do this three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishement. We annually spend on military security alone...

    Narrator: January, 1961. President Dwight D. Eisenhowers's Farewell Address to the Nation.

    President Eisenhower: ...This conjunction of an immense military establishment and arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence - economic, political, even spiritual - is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office in the federal government. We must guard against the aquisition of unwarranted influence - whether sought or unsought - by the military-industrial complex. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.

    M. L. King, Jr.: ...that "All men are created equal."

    JFK: Every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the cause of freedom around the world.

  • Jim Garrison: The war is the biggest business in America, worth $ 80 billion a year.