Guys, thoughts on JFK(1991)?

It does taper off a little bit before the end and plays with the facts, but overall it is a smashing, fearless film that is brilliant with extraordinary editing that helps make this 206- minute film feel much shorter. Great cast too.

Long time since I watched it, but there has never been a film, especially that long, upto its release which has grasped my attention so fucking hard.

You know a year is strong when it contains Oliver's and Ridley's arguably strongest works.

@ urbandetritus:

Speaking of this approach and Stone (as in your Nixon example) I think another example of a really brilliant style/editing is Natural Born Killers too. I'm not a fan of that film or it's content either but there he used film itself as a way to make a point about what we are seeing and that is another editing masterclass in his filmography. He uses all kinds of different tricks like fast motion, slow motion, camera perspective, playing with color, playing with form and content (the sitcom scene, reality TV) as a sort of sensory assault to tell the story and make a little commentary (and by extension implicate the types of media tools) at the same time too.

In this way, as much as I'm not a Stone fan I have to give him credit. There is often a whole lot going on in his films in this sort of frenzied, breathless way. There are not many directors you can criticize for being heavy handed AND that sly with the form at the same time.

Completely agree with you. I don't think of any 3hr+ long movie to be this insanely fast and intriguing as JFK. Stone did wonders here.
And easy to say, it's ensemble is one of all time greats. All of them are at their A-game. Kevin Bacon stole the show in that one scene of his, TLJ, who I couldn't even recognize, was perfect as Shaw and so was Gary Oldman. But to me, Costner was the MVP. Such a committed performance and the way he carries the entire movie is brilliant. That he wasn't even nominated makes him of the biggest snubs coz he was easily better than Hopkins imho.

Probably one of the worst movies of all time.

Great film but loses some points for accuracy. I know you can take it as "just a film" but the films tries to play itself as the hunt for the truth. The real Jim Garrison seemed like a looney tune.

The acting is sheer brilliance delivering long chunks of dialogue from the amazing script and yet making it all seem natural.

It is an amazing film, definitely Stone's best. It's accurate to the actual story at all of course, but it manages to be a compelling long film, with a superb cast and a terrific Williams score. Thumbs way-up!

It's a very interesting case study in paranoia. I'm pretty sure that was completely unintentional on Stone's part, though.

I'd rank The Parallax View as one of the very best (and most cynical) political thrillers ever made. A second tier 70s classic.....which is where I'd rank All The President's Men too actually.