20-08-2013, 11:06 PM
I cannot vouch for authenticity of Zapruder film, but I do lean towards that view. Maybe I should say it as: I think what is represented within the frame is more "actual" to the real events than not. I am completely open to frame removal, and even some sort of mask over the back of Kennedy's head. But I cannot go with the more complete alteration concepts, even at 35mm or even at 65mm.
2001: A Space Odyssey was state of the art work in 1965/66 and those are really just sophisticated travelling mattes (with a black background). Serious alteration of the Zapruder film (moving people and objects around) is, in my opinion, not possible - based on working with an optical printer and meeting with and seeing work by people who were actual wizards with that equipment. Another point is - this is highly labor intensive work and requires a lot of trial and error but, as I understand it, the chain of possession needs to see this work done by the end of the weekend. So even if there was some super-wizard at the CIA's lab, I'm not sure there was enough time to do anything approaching that scale. And, if there was a super-wizard, I'm not sure what he was doing at that lab when he could have been poolside somewhere in Hollywood feted as the greatest special effects genius ever. But just my opinion.
However, I can see the limo slowing in the Zapruder film and I'm curious if anyone else can. To my eyes it is noticeable after moving past Hill and Moorman. And it really does seem like it almost completely stops, albeit very briefly, just as Greer's head is fully swung around. The sudden acceleration after that point is really pronounced in the Nix film. The force by which Kennedy is slammed back into the seat is also very pronounced in the Nix film.
2001: A Space Odyssey was state of the art work in 1965/66 and those are really just sophisticated travelling mattes (with a black background). Serious alteration of the Zapruder film (moving people and objects around) is, in my opinion, not possible - based on working with an optical printer and meeting with and seeing work by people who were actual wizards with that equipment. Another point is - this is highly labor intensive work and requires a lot of trial and error but, as I understand it, the chain of possession needs to see this work done by the end of the weekend. So even if there was some super-wizard at the CIA's lab, I'm not sure there was enough time to do anything approaching that scale. And, if there was a super-wizard, I'm not sure what he was doing at that lab when he could have been poolside somewhere in Hollywood feted as the greatest special effects genius ever. But just my opinion.
However, I can see the limo slowing in the Zapruder film and I'm curious if anyone else can. To my eyes it is noticeable after moving past Hill and Moorman. And it really does seem like it almost completely stops, albeit very briefly, just as Greer's head is fully swung around. The sudden acceleration after that point is really pronounced in the Nix film. The force by which Kennedy is slammed back into the seat is also very pronounced in the Nix film.