JFK (Collector's Edition)

My favourite movie

JFK 4K UHD box set was purchased on August 31 and delivered to the UK on September 9. The box set is superb, however, there was no packaging inside the box as seen in the image. Nonetheless, I am very happy with the purchase. The delivery was tracked from the US to the UK.

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This is a review of the two-disc `Special Edition Director's Cut'. It has seventeen added minutes and comes with a commentary by Oliver Stone in which he argues his case in detail, whilst also commenting on the ins and outs of the making of the film. There is, unfortunately, a subtle sycophancy in Stone's obeisance to the Kennedy myth. He argues that "Kennedy seemed to be a man too far ahead of his time and was killed for it." But, credit where credit's due, for Stone also admits he does not have all the answers and claims his film is "a summation of possibilities".One other point in his favour is that, in his commentary, Stone does point out places where he has taken liberties with the case put forward by Jim Garrison and Jim Marrs in their respective books. As for the strength of the case itself, Stone admits that their cases are speculation, but it seemed to me that if so many people were involved in the conspiracy, how come no one has broken ranks to confirm its major hypotheses. But the main premise - that there must have been more than one assassin - seems unassailable.Of course, I cannot really comment on the veracity of the issues raised, for I only studied the Kennedy assassination as part of a wide-ranging A-level history course on twentieth-century USA many years ago; I can only comment on the film as a film, which I found compelling to watch. (The same can be said for my watching of Stone's film `Nixon'.) That's why I have now bought the DVD specifically with the commentary so that I can watch it at my leisure, assessing the arguments in my own time - Stone says there should have been an intermission so that the audience can take it all in - and to take on board what Stone has to say about his work. (The commentary seems to have been recorded in 2000, so Stone is able to admit some errors in the case that have since come to light such as the integrity of the three tramps seen near the scene).I first saw `JFK' on television and, as well as being intrigued by the narrative's twists and turns - Stone refers to the Alice in Wonderland nature of the whole Kennedy assassination - I was hooked by the director's method of amalgamating traditional cinematic values with using contemporary photographs and amateur film, all expertly edited together. The downside of this is that one is often unaware as to whether one is watching the real thing or a reconstruction. As a dramatic work, the film is a tour de force, and it is amazing that it was only shot in seventy-two days. Its only blot is the length of Kevin Costner's speech in the courtroom. Whether word-perfect true or not, it comes over as an embarrassing rant, and one wonders what proof there ever was to link the defendant Clay Shaw to the conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy.The other extras on this version are almost an hour of twelve deleted or extended scenes (with commentary), and forty minutes of what are described as two multimedia essays: the first by Fletcher Prouty (the Mr X of the film); the second an `Assassination Update' by James DiEugenio that looks at the new documents released since the film first appeared in 1991.

This is a excellent film. Even if you don't don't believe everything that's said here to be a fact,there's enough to leave you wondering,pondering the maybe's and I think that was Oliver Stone's intention.On the commentary Mr Stone admits to taking liberties in some parts of the story-telling and film-making which,to be honest,is to be expected. Even at 198 minutes at the extended Director's cut,this film is dense with explanation,flash-backs and exposition not to mention the footage of the actual shooting itself, not one moment of time is wasted on something that doesn't really matter. This film is probably the highlight of most of the actors involved careers, especially that of Kevin Costner who plays his role brilliantly as a man filled with anger at the lies but also a secret doubter of his own obsession with the truth which flings him into many conflicts not only at work but at home as well.Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald excels as the patsy. Kevin Bacon's short screen time does nothing to blunt the impact his character makes, Tommy Lee Jones fills the screen with slimy subtle menace and Joe Pesci is so far away from the psychotic-mafia-guy he's famous for, it's amazing. That all these actors(and more) wanted to work on this film with very brief screen time for many, just goes to show how brilliant and tight the script must have been and it loses none of the tension or bite on film. This is a film where you have to pay attention, lots of things happen all at once and people talk for a long while. I honestly don't think they would make these types of films anymore when the modern trend is fast cuts, short sentences and film-makers allowing the audience to have a memory-span of a guppy, underestimating most people. If you make it of good standard and interesting, people will pay attention and formulate their own ideas.This is an intelligent film, not a condescending one. Oliver Stone has his opinion on what happened that fateful day in history. He's done his homework and put forth this film as his version of what may have happened. Maybe you won't agree, maybe you will,it doesn't really matter. All that matters as Oliver Stone says, is that you question, deliberate and question again. Thank you.

JFK is one of those films that comes along every 10 years or so where you have as much raw talent behind the camera as you do in front of it. The writing, directing, editing and music is all spot on, then you have the performances from some of the best actors at the time. Some that are only in small roles but the material is good enough to warrant the big names in small roles. You have John Candy, Jack Lemon, Ed Asner, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Kevin Bacon all in very small but very important roles. The two standout performances come from Kevin Costner and Donald Sutherland though, the one scene they share is nothing short of electricity on screen and one of my favourite movies scenes. People complain about whether the film is true or just the work of a few very imaginative paranoid people and everyone has their opinions but try to put that to one side and try and enjoy a fantastic movie that will capture get your attention from the montage of Kennedy at the start to the courtroom at the end. And if you want to know more about what happened in Texas read some history books and try and make up your own mind about what might have happened that day.I was pleased with the Blu Ray, it's not going to win anything for the best picture, sound etc but the films looks better than it has done before. The extras were interesting and there is a lot more of them on here than any DVD version of the movie.Highly recommended!!!

Great

Great film and actor lm very happy with the seller and product

Que d'encre et que d'articles au sujet du film d'Oliver Stone, que l'on soit d'accord avec la théorie du complot ou non, le lyrisme dont il fait preuve est lui sans appel. Mise en scène, reconstitution historique et distribution pharaonique fait de ce long métrage l'un des plus percutants des années 90. Cette édition director's cut ralongée de plus de 20 minutes est encore plus réussie que l'originale montrée en salles.Un grand moment de cinéma et un fantastique Kevin Costner qui mène l'histoire sur ses épaules. Le reste du casting est lui aussi impressionnant : Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ed Asner, Michael Rooker, Gary Oldman et tant d'autres merveilleux comédiens. Le film ne se permet pas simplement de désigné la conspiration mais aussi de dépeindre un homme courageux contre un système corrompu, plus qu'un pamphlet politique, une véritable bombe !L'implication de Costner arrive même à un tournant lors de la scène finale du procès de l'un des instigateurs de l'attentat de Kennedy où il laisse éclater en sanglots ses émotions : il ne croit plus en ceux qui le gouverne. Un grand moment que l'on ne peut manquer.Le coffret import est uniquement visible en zone 1 avec la version française d'origine et la durée est de 235 minutes. L'audio est aussi en anglais avec sous-titres français, anglais, espagnol et portugais. Le ratio est 2.35.1 cinémascope 16/9 compatible 4/3. Le deuxième disque dispose de plus de 50 minutes de scènes coupées, un document filmé sur le véritable monsieur X, un documentaire de 30 minutes sur l'assassinat de Kennedy ainsi que la bande annonce originale du film. Une belle édition qui dispose d'une magnifique copie.L'un des 10 meilleurs films des années 90 selon le critique cinéma Roger Ebert, on n'est pas loin de la vérité !

Obwohl ich sehr misstrauisch war, eine gebrauchte DVD zu kaufen, bin ich sehr positiv überrascht und wurde nicht enttäuscht. Die DVD hat keinerlei Kratzer und sieht wirklich aus wie neu. Lediglich die Beiblätter, die sich normalerweise in der DVD-Schachtel befinden fehlten. Der Artikel wurde schnell geliefert und ich kann mich nicht beschweren.

If you ever thought about Eisenhower's wise words in his farewell speech : "beware of the military-industrial complex", and kept wondering what he really meant, well, look at this film. President Kennedy wanted a Pax Americana for the world. (By the way, when was the last time you ever heard those words ?) President Kennedy wanted to make peace with the Soviet Union, and he wanted to retreat all troops from Vietnam by 1965. The day after he was killed, Johnson took over and immediately sent more troops to Vietnam. The US would stay there till 1975. The war was lost in human and political terms, but the "military-industrial" complex got richer and more powerful. Bell sold their helicopters, General Dynamics their fighters, etc. War is the biggest industry in the US, but the public doesn't know how it works. We aren't allowed to know, because of "national security". So there's a lot of money to be made, since furthermore, there's no sharp line to be drawn between the military ordering equipment and the industry offering it.This film is very important. It shows the exact point in history when the US lost the very significance of its democracy. Since then, the US are an evil empire, where foreign politics doesn't depend on the personal ideas of the elected president, but on what the military-industrial complex wants. Obama already said he would increase the defense budget. He also said he wanted to retreat troops from Iraq, but immediately added that the situation in Afghanistan merits more attention. Obama promised change, but he didn't even remove the secretary of Defense of Bush ! What kind of change is this ? In his place, I would be scared to death also. Remember Kennedy fired Dulles from the CIA, and who "helped" trying finding out who killed president Kennedy in the Warren commission ? Yeah, precisely : his good old buddy Dulles... What kind of "democracy" is this ?This film shows in quite some detail how the conspiracy was forged. To begin with, all standard security procedures were violated. The major of Dallas changed the route of the presidential car, so that it included a slow turn. A lonely shooter was blamed, and killed before the public could hear him say he really worked for the military intelligence - where he was taught Russian and was sent to Russia as a double agent. He just managed to say to the cameras he was "a patsy". Then Ruby, Oswald's killer, was injected with cancer cells, so he couldn't tell who was ordering him. Immediately after the killing of Kennedy, CBS reported that "president Kennedy was hit by three shots" ! How did they know that ? Who said that anyway ? It was false, to begin with. The Zapruderfilm showed there were at least six shots ! And to prevent the truth to emerge, the autopsy of Kennedy was interrupted by some admirals, taking the corpse away to Washington, where the brain of Kennedy "was lost" and the photos of his dead body manipulated. More intriguing is that in New Zealand the newspapers had the full story of Oswald and his fake biography four hours before he was actually charged with the murder of the president, following Colonel Fletcher Prouty, X in the film, and author of the book "JFK - The CIA, Vietnam and the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy".Hitler said in "Mein Kampf" : The bigger the lie, the more credibility it gets, "since it would never come into the heads of the people to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation."Ambassador Joseph Wilson said : "... a majority of Americans, wanting to trust in the president and his words, actually came to believe that Saddam had nuclear weapons and was somehow responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001."Now, in the fake democracy the US is nowadays, it seems very likely that even 9/11 was orchestrated by the military-industrial complex. I know you'll probably have problems believing this. I had trouble to believe it myself, I'll tell you. Hear me out, and above all : compare with what happened to Kennedy. To begin with, the murderer was immediately identified. No need to go through a thorough investigation. Osama bin Laden was blamed immediately by Bush. How did they know that ? This is very weird, taking into consideration that the intelligence was apparently a total mess, since those attacks happened in the first place. Now, as happened in the case of Oswald, Osama bin Laden was CIA, and the saying goes : once CIA, always CIA. Now, if you have a suspect, like Osama bin Laden, then it's even stranger that you let all his family members fly away on 9/12, when not a single other plane in the US was allowed to fly. Probably, like with Oswald, the military-industrial complex was not interested that the public became aware of the connections Osama bin Laden still had with the CIA, or maybe they didn't want to reveal the relationship of the Bush and the bin Laden families, shown by Michael Moore in his film Fahrenheit 9/11. What's for sure is that the White House wasn't interested in a investigation. George W. Bush also interfered with Congress investigating the attacks, saying - on the record, see Fahrenheit 9/11 : "It's important for us not to reveal how we collect information. That's what the enemy wants."We also have a clear problem with some "evidence" that was shown to all of us on 9/11. They told us the Pentagon was hit by a plane. Have you ever taken a close look to the small hole that was made in the building ? This is far too small for a large 767. There weren't any remains of a fuselage, the motors, the wings, no, nothing at all, let alone some bodies... Compare with any other plane crash you have seen photos of...To make the similarities with the Kennedy assassination complete, it is also very intriguing that the BBC announced the collapse of the Solomon Brothers Building (WTC7), a huge skyscraper, 23 minutes before it actually happened ! Even worse, when they announced it, you could still see the building erect on the live images behind the speaker. Don't believe me. I don't ask you that. I prefer you check it out for yourself : do a web search with the words "Solomon brothers collapse BBC".Now, the collapse of the Solomon Brothers building is at the same time the "magic bullet mystery" of 9/11. I do not know of any law or force in nature that when two skyscrapers collapse, it will always take a third skyscraper down. In this way, the Solomon Brothers represents the "magic collapse mystery" of 9/11.As with the Kennedy killing, we have to look beyond the facts, and ask WHY this happened, and take a look on the consequences of this "attack". The list is as follows : (1) the war in Afghanistan, (2) the invasion of Iraq, (3) the Patriot Act, limiting our democratic, civil rights and (4) the Guantánamo prison, where people were jailed without legal defense and even tortured.When presidents of the US draw a line between Good and Evil, I always feel uncomfortable. We first had to be aware of the Soviet Union, the "Evil Empire". Now, Iraq, Iran and North Korea are considered the "Axis of Evil". Bill Hicks saw it a little different : "One day, we might find out that WE are the evil empire".

How he got his information, I know not. I don't know how he got some of this information. I thought that some of this was on a gag-order.But the movie was very well made.