13-12-2011, 07:25 PM
LR Trotter Wrote:Ms Edisen, that's kind of what I meant by not being entirely accurate. I know on my only trip to New Orleans in '94, I found the building pictured at Camp and Lafayette was no longer there. But, I did see 1313 Dauphine in the French Quarter area, which I believe is where Clay Shaw lived. And, as I mentioned earlier, the WCR has a harder time being nonfiction than the movie JFK. Just my opinion, and I didn't want my earlier post to indicate that I thought the movie was "only" 50% accurate.
Hi, LR,
I wasn't really answering your post about the accuracy of the film, which hadn't really been intended to be a documentary, but I was just adding my own reaction to it, and what I had learned of the demolition of the Newman Building before the film was made. I watched the film six times just after it was released and it inspired me to write to as many congressmen as possible to support the bill to open up govenment files on the JFK assassination. Of special importance was my letter to the former Chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA - 1975-1979), Louis Stokes, whose vote was critical to the passage of the JFK Collections Act in the House of Representatives.. He wrote the nicest thank note in response. I think my letter helped him decide to vote for the measure since he had been wavering on his decision. And George H.W. Bush, President, signed it into law in 1992.
Adele Edisen