Re: unreliable narration in cinema - 2 responses

From: "Michael Fitzgerald" <[email protected]>

I don't know if this is exactly germane to the discussion, but the
historical record--by this I mean JFK's own words in his speeches--indicates
that he had no intention whatever of withdrawing forces from Vietnam, which
also contradicts Stone's thesis.

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> From: Deron Overpeck <[email protected]>
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> What about Blow-up or JFK? The latter concludes with a narrated examination
> of the Zapruder film that encourages the audience to focus on a physical
> movement that possibly signifies the opposite effect that Stone claims.

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From: "Henry M. Taylor" <[email protected]>
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> From: "Maiershofer, Erik C" <[email protected]>
> 
> Erik C. Maiershofer
> [email protected]
> Hope International University
> 
> 
> Would "The Life Before her Eyes" or any other number of films with a
> plot similar to the short story "Incident at Owl Creek Bridge" fir what
> you are looking for?  The examples there would be legion:
> Vanilla Sky
> Donnie Darko
> Waking Life
> etc.
> 
> On a side note, it would be just fine with me if this was never the plot
> line of another film again.  It stopped being clever a long time ago.
> 

But it still seems to work with film audiences!

H