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Dan Krishman English 1304 Paper Ass# 2 JFK: A Study of the Truth I don’t believe that Oliver Stone nor any other individual associated with the research and execution of this film has the slightest idea about who killed President John F. Kennedy. The screenwriters blatantly admit this fact in mentioning that, “even the shooters don’t know who killed JFK.” This film is not concerned with the facts of the assassination, but with feelings. The film, JFK, accurately reflects the society’s national state of mind following the gloomy afternoon of November 22, 1963. We feel the whole truth has not been told, that somehow maybe the CIA, the FBI, Castro, the anti-Castro Cubans, the Mafia, Russians, or all of the above were involved. Oliver Stone focuses on this horrible event in order to form an argument about the government of the United States. The government is not the holy angel that many Americans perceive and expect it to be. Just as evil exists in our society so does it in the body that governs it. Though we don’t expect the government to reveal its deepest most reserved secrets we do insist that it follow a moral and loyal code, the truth. In our quest for this truth we have discovered more than one clandestine deficiency in our government, some of which we have been successful in uncovering (Watergate) and others with largely a degree of failure (Roswell, JFK). Throughout JFK Oliver Stone engages two widely held beliefs: don’t believe everything you hear and don’t trust everyone. These two sole factors are the basis of JFK and Stone’s arguments against the validity of the government. Through the Krishman 2 utilization of JFK Oliver Stone directly denounces the report presented by the Warren Commission explaining the assassination of John F.
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