Oliver Stone on JFK Assassination

[dankbaar]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadi ... wU-aV9rgUS filmmaker Oliver Stone says US is still in denial over JFK assassinationBy Michael Casey (CP) – 5 hours agoBANGKOK, Thailand — Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone said Monday the United States remains in denial over the possibility that someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald could have assassinated John F. Kennedy, calling it a "national fairy tale."Speaking to 300 high school students in the Thai capital, Bangkok, Stone said exploring alternative theories over the JFK assassination remains too sensitive for those in the media or academia who "would be endangering their careers and their position.""To this day, many key Americans in power are in total denial about this story," Stone said. "They don't even want to know about the possibility that he was killed by someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald. It is a national fairy tale."Stone was in Bangkok to talk about filmmaking and peace as part of a series of talks facilitated by the Vienna-based International Peace Foundation.His 1991 film "JFK," which he acknowledged was his most controversial, ridicules the Warren Commission conclusion that Oswald acted alone and suggests a massive conspiracy.Stone's film centred on a theory by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison that a CIA-led mutiny killed the president and the plotters walked away unscathed. Garrison's theories went to court in 1967, but Clay Shaw, the alleged "evil genius" behind the assassination, was acquitted.Stone said Monday he thought it was "a good thing" to revisit the JFK assassination. But he came under fire from the historians and film reviewers who contended Stone had fudged facts, invented characters and elevated speculation to truth to support his burning belief that the killing was a high-level conspiracy."It's an amazing story and I did it," Stone said. "I thought I would be respected for it, and I was lambasted in the establishment press. I was called a myth-maker, a propagandist. I didn't see it coming. I thought the Kennedy murder was safe."Stone is famous for several other movies, including the Vietnam War films "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Platoon," and "World Trade Center," about two policemen buried in the rubble of the twin towers after the Sept. 11 attacks."Platoon" won four Oscars, including best picture and best director.Copyright © 2010 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.

[dankbaar]

Very strange that he never talks about his SIGNED 1993 contract to put James Files on film exclusively. Bruce, any comments? Wim

[Dealey Joe]

Bruce I for one appreciate your post and honesty.I think on one point i would compound that it is not so much people do not want to know the truth.They cannot stand the thought of their boat being rocked.Actually they do have a clue how to handle the truth.I have actually have had people tell me " don't rock the boat"Tell Jimmy for me that I appreciate all he has done and I don't blame him one bit for Backing Up.he, Wim and the forum have allowed me an insider view, and to more fully understand what has transpired.I am eternally grateful and if I knew anything else to do I would do it.Thank you all.

[neab]

Does James files still get approached for interviews then? I woulda thought since the original confession he didn't get any more attention. If you're close with james files you should urge him to tell as much as he knows, at the end of the day, he killed your president. Granted at the behest of his superiors, but he's in every american's debt imo.I can understand that it'd get tiring trying to convince ignorant people what has happened here, but even if you reach a minority , its worth it.

[Bruce Patrick Brychek]

Tuesday
01.26.2010
11:05 p.m.,
Chicago, Illinois time:

Neab - In your wildest imagination you would not believe what comes Jimmy's way, and from where.

Jimmy has drawn a line in the sand well over three (3) years ago. We are working on our own projects. Period.

Further, I encourage Jimmy to have nothing to do w/ anymore interviews, or telling anything else at this time to anybody. It works very well for us. I personally believe that 50 % or more of the JFK Research Community are constantly chasing their tails and there tales. have never watched, or studied

Comments ?

Respectfully,
BB.

[Dealey Joe]

Gentlemen,I trust you will allow me the rudeness of adding a final comment.As you may or may not know I approach things from a practical view coupled withknowlege of human nature as I have experienced it.I asked an old man that I deemed to be succesfull just what success ment.my supprise was his answer. "success is not a place you arrive, success is actually a journey"it took some consideration on my part to see what he was speaking about.My conclusions are,The real reason we do this conquuest is to experience the journey of it.we will never experience the end of the rainbow nor do we need tobacause it is the jig saw puzzle that is exciting.We, or You have made a hell of a journney and put more pieces of the puzzle togetherand show our success in many ways.We must stop thinking in terms of defeat and sun in the success of our trip.I believe one day "The Grassy Knoll" will be seen by the public at large.Everyone I speak to about the the JFK assasination is all ears but I cantell you our journey seems stalled because of peoples social condition is suchthat they have to see a way of survival.They are mostly in debt up to their noses. worring about their employnent andsurvival in general, so to do anything to threaten that is unthinkable.We are never going to change the history books but we are writing new history!So all that said it is our decision if to continue on our trip to success or to give up.B.S. you know we are NEVER going to quit.Jimmy may change his focus some but he cannot quitWhen Bruce gets over his negative view he will not quit.Hell Wim will never quit.Lighten up guys and gals we have made and continue to make great headway on our journeyDon't talk to me of quitting.Winston Churchill said " Don'e ever give up, never, ever give up"Bruce everyone on this forum are much better educated on the assasination basics.some of us are still in the learning stages and are getting a continued education because of all of youThe forum gives me a place to vent my findings an assumptions and allowme to specialise in the area of the assasination that interests me.Take a bow!!

[Bruce Patrick Brychek]

Dear Mr. Wim Dankbaar;Wim - Jimmy and I read your lengthy letter of questions yesterday. I took possession of the letter, as I always do.He is answering nothing, and not answering you.If I made any mistakes about neab, then of course I admit that I was wrong. I was using this person as an "academic example."Jimmy asked me to ask you if you are ever going to make any real Professional Marketing Attempt to promote the book and video, Files On JFK in the U.S.A. ? He thinks that after seven (7) years, he is curious if you actually have any game plan ? He thinks you have none.He also asked me to PLEASE ask everybody, you included, and your minions, to quite writing him. He doesn't care, and merely gives me everything. I must have 2,000 - 3,000 unopened letters and cards, filed in boxes, still unopened, chronologically for future reference, if necessary. Big, Big Waste Of Time for people to write him.No offense to anybody, but that is simply the truth, and people here deserve the "cards on the table" type of truth, and so do you Wim.I have been politely conveying Jimmy's message for over three (3) years that he has drawn a line in the sand, wants nothing to do with the public JFK Matter, and has moved on. I have stated this, and restated this. Now some will surely consider me negative, as Joe "Dealey Joe" Hall states above. The truth deserves to be told. I stated this at Jimmy's request, with no conscious attempt to "ruffle feathers." I don't know any other way to sugar coat this subject matter.Comments ?Respectfully,Bruce Patrick Brychek.

[Phil Dragoo]

The Berlin Wall went up in 1961, and in 1963, JFK said of those who thought the Soviets were ready for detente, "Let them come to Berlin." The Berlin Wall came down; I saw a section of it in the Nixon Library--it had graffiti--"For those who posit the immutability of lies, let them come and see this."Of course James Files is impatient--look at his position. And of course these "leaders and academicians and media personages" Stone mentions are "in denial"--let me be blunt: they still man the barricades of Big Brother's newthink. But nine of ten Americans know the Warren Commission was dispensing Grace Slick's "pills that Mother gives you/don't do anything at all."Media? They squawk what they are told or they'd be on the street.The people are scratching from one day to the next, for their masters keep them in rags and uncertaintly.I envision a flick of the James Files story akin to Blow-Up by Antonioni starring David Hemmings in which the photographer discovers the murderer in the bushes by enlarging and examining his work in the darkroom.Zapruder had impact. Stone's JFK had impact. The AARB produced Horne. We have now DiEugenio, Pease, Douglass, Horne, and this band which includes each of you.See also the three hundred who used focus to have their way with thousands.Civilization has always been responsive to will. Will has triumphed over whiners and deniers thoughout the ages.