Oliver Stone's Hijacking of History
Updated: Jul 19
Boston Globe, January 4, 1992
Money Quote:
So the fuss over "JFK" is about facts, yes, but also about mediums and messages, the past and the future. Call it a conspiracy theory if you must, but the confusion of fact and fiction, docu and drama, is Oliver Stone's own attempted coup of American history.
Previous Relevant Blog Posts
Harold Weisberg writes Oliver Stone
Two letter from Weisberg to Stone.
Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In Reviews "JFK"
A good review of Stone's JFK.
Paul Hoch and Josiah Thompson on Oliver Stone's "JFK"
Two JFK researchers watch Stone's JFK.
Washington Post on the 30th Anniversary of Oliver Stone's "JFK"
An interesting look back.
Harold Weisberg and Tom Wicker
Wicker reviews JFK for the New York Times and Weisberg responds.
Boston Phoenix said Oliver Stone's JFK was "sadly homophobic"
Even this counterculture newspaper knew the truth about JFK.
David Lifton Writes to Oliver Stone
David Lifton gave me permission to post this letter.
Gary Cornwell on Jim Garrison and Oliver Stone
The Deputy Chief Counsel of the HSCA offers up some opinions.
When Tommy Lee Jones met Jim Garrison...
Garrison instructed Tommy Lee Jones on how to play Clay Shaw.
Is Oliver Stone's film, JFK, Homophobic?
The Advocate writes about Oliver Stone and Jim Garrison.
I've Been Blocked by Oliver Stone!
This post has a large Robert Sam Anson article on the film JFK from Esquire magazine.
A New Orleans Look at Oliver Stone's JFK
Pershing Gervais, Garrison's first chief investigator, and reporter Rosemary James report back on the film JFK.
George Lardner's internal Washington Post Memo about Oliver Stone
Lardner writes a memo to his editors about Oliver Stone.
Don't miss the Viewer's Guide to JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass.
Over the past several months, I have shown in multiple blog posts how Oliver Stone's documentary series, JFK Revisited and JFK: Destiny Betrayed, misleads viewers. In fact, despite months of work, there are still many more misleading segments that need to be addressed. It's no wonder that the fact checkers of Netflix nixed the airing of the films.
There is a choice between four hours of tendentious nonsense (JFK: Destiny Betrayed) and two hours (JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass). As a handy guide for viewers, here are all those posts in order of their appearance in JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, preceded by some general critiques.
