Review of JFK (1991) by Norm D — 27 Aug 2017

Outstanding movie making with an outstanding cast. Costner gets it done. The book on which this is based surely raises some interesting questions tho' nothing nor any one has ever proven there was more than 1 shooter. But that shooter had a seriously checkered, mysterious, unexplained background that included curious loner, patsy, or delusional wanderer with a compulsion to cure a smoldering inferiority complex.

That a conspiracy as elaborate as shown would remain completely secret until now is unlikely as potential conspirators currently are leaving, or have left, the scene in death with no deathbed Deep Throat confessions or revelations - no one hinting that they knew much more of anything than what was in the Warren Report. The Donald Sutherland character was particularly intriguing and was a lead that could have been pursued more thoroughly even with the film's already long run time.

Having been 11 at the time of the assassination and living in south Louisiana, the film recaptures the look & feel of the era, and New Orleans, down even to a 3M-Wollensak mic in the hand of a radio reporter. For a yarn that raises some still intriguing issues, coincidences, & facts, not the least of which is New Orlean's DA Jim Garrison's herculean attempt to shine light into the murkiness, this gets it done. | - Norm de Guerre.