16-11-2019, 11:29 PM
David:
Oliver Stone issued an accompanying Book of the Film with his movie.
It was ignored.
On Nightline, Forrest Sawyer said that Oliver did the following:
1. He made up Jim Garrison's summation to the jury at the Shaw trial.
2. That there was nothing like the scene where Ferrie breaks down at the hotel room Ivon got for him.
3. That there was such meeting between Garrison and Mr. X.
Number one is simply wrong. Garrison did do one of the summations at the Shaw trial. And all Sawyer had to do was open up Kirkwood's lousy book American Grotesque.
Number two is also wrong. This scene did happen, but it was with Lou Ivon, not Garrison.
Number three is a legitimate use of dramatic license. Garrison and Prouty did exchange ideas on the JFK case, but it was after not before the Shaw trial.
I could go on and on. But there is a double standard when it comes to Oliver Stone. The Brandt book and Sheeran are really poor sources to base a film upon both the JFK and the Hoffa murders.
Oliver had much better sources he used for the film JFK. In fact, I would argue that is the reason he got ambushed. And I will make that argument in Dallas at CAPA next week.
Oliver Stone issued an accompanying Book of the Film with his movie.
It was ignored.
On Nightline, Forrest Sawyer said that Oliver did the following:
1. He made up Jim Garrison's summation to the jury at the Shaw trial.
2. That there was nothing like the scene where Ferrie breaks down at the hotel room Ivon got for him.
3. That there was such meeting between Garrison and Mr. X.
Number one is simply wrong. Garrison did do one of the summations at the Shaw trial. And all Sawyer had to do was open up Kirkwood's lousy book American Grotesque.
Number two is also wrong. This scene did happen, but it was with Lou Ivon, not Garrison.
Number three is a legitimate use of dramatic license. Garrison and Prouty did exchange ideas on the JFK case, but it was after not before the Shaw trial.
I could go on and on. But there is a double standard when it comes to Oliver Stone. The Brandt book and Sheeran are really poor sources to base a film upon both the JFK and the Hoffa murders.
Oliver had much better sources he used for the film JFK. In fact, I would argue that is the reason he got ambushed. And I will make that argument in Dallas at CAPA next week.