{"id":2229,"date":"2017-10-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/10\/22\/jfk-assassination-documents-are-about-to-be-released-is-oliver-stone-responsible\/"},"modified":"2017-10-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T17:00:00","slug":"jfk-assassination-documents-are-about-to-be-released-is-oliver-stone-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/10\/22\/jfk-assassination-documents-are-about-to-be-released-is-oliver-stone-responsible\/","title":{"rendered":"JFK Assassination Documents Are About to Be Released \u2014 Is Oliver Stone Responsible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back and to the left. Back and to the left. Other than that line, the most enduring legacy of Oliver Stones&#8217; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/jfk\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jfk\">JFK<\/a>&#8221; is its part in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act \u2014 a promise made by then-President George H.W. Bush in 1992 to release all documents pertaining to the event by this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/10\/oliver-stone-accused-sexual-harassment-defends-harvey-weinstein-1201886950\/\" title=\"Oliver Stone Accused of Sexual Harassment After Defending Harvey Weinstein\">Oliver Stone Accused of Sexual Harassment After Defending Harvey Weinstein<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stone, who was recently accused of sexual harassment after speaking up in Harvey Weinstein\u2019s defense, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1991\/07\/28\/movies\/film-oliver-stone-under-fire-over-the-killing-of-jfk.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told the New York Times<\/a> before his drama starring Kevin Costner was released that the film &#8220;is not a true story per se. It explores all the possible scenarios of why Kennedy was killed, who killed him and why.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf and when the last remaining government documents about President John F. Kennedy\u2019s assassination are made public next week,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/retropolis\/wp\/2017\/10\/21\/you-can-thank-oliver-stones-sensationalized-1991-movie-for-the-jfk-document-release\/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news&#038;utm_term=.4ea7eae3b0cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">points out the Washington Post<\/a>, \u201chistorians may have to hold their noses and thank \u2018JFK\u2019 \u2014 a 1991 blockbuster that conflated the historical record with conspiratorial fantasies.\u201d\u00a0Indeed, the movie&#8217;s &#8220;most compelling scenes are totally made up.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/06\/oliver-stone-vladimir-putin-interview-pussy-riot-1201846772\/\" title=\"Oliver Stone\u2019s Vladimir Putin Interview Criticized by Pussy Riot Member\">Oliver Stone\u2019s Vladimir Putin Interview Criticized by Pussy Riot Member<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The release of these documents is unlikely to reduce the number of conspiracy theories \u2014 quite the opposite, in fact \u2014 but truth has always been stranger than fiction anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back and to the left. Back and to the left. 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