20-08-2013, 11:47 PM
Jeff Carter Wrote: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.
Not that I agree with his theory, but I'm sure you are aware of John Costella's work? He sees the film undergoing revision over a longer period than just that weekend. Again, I don't necessarily propose he is correct, but if you haven't read it, perhaps you should take a look (it's in Fetzer's Great Zapruder Film Hoax).