Oliver Stone Talks 'JFK' 30th Anniversary
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- Legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone joins ReelBlend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of JFK, starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon and more. We chat about the process of editing the massive film, the many tribulations that the project was met with during production through its release, and how it was eventually received. The film earned a number of Oscar nominations and took home a few wins, including a stellar box office haul of over $200 million.
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The opening epilogue alone in JFK is a masterpiece.
Thought the New Orleans angle of the case a movie unto itself
I still remember the first time I saw it in theaters when I was 15. Went twice. Wrote a thesis paper for my grammar school about the film and Stone. I was completely mesmerized by it. completely overwhelmed. He was "happy with the film"..?!?! It is a goddam masterpiece that will last forever. It is film history. It is one of the best films ever made. Period. It is right up there with the greatest. Costner is just brilliant in it. The cinematography, the editing, the music.... It completely changed my mind. I saw politics and the world in a different way. It still informs my thinking. Stone never made a better film. It is his greatest achievement. Sorry for indulging myself but I carry this film in my heart and soul since the age of 15.
Your spot on the mate. JFK movie will be watched long after Oliver Stone is gone and when we're gone. It's a masterpiece. How people call this man a conspiracy nut. A Great man and Great film maker..👍☮️
Remarkable comment and compliment to Mr. Stone. Thanks for posting your personal reaction.
But its full of lies which aint right.
@@randyharris3175 it’s a fictional film based on stones research and true events. New research not only proves the film was right but also goes far beyond. I‘d rather go with stones „lies“ than the government‘s
@@of1300 New research does not prove the film is right.You say that so matter of fact. That is utter nonsense.Stone can only cherry pick the WC but they got the right conclusion no doubt.I cant believe that csme out of your mouth.
An absolute masterpiece of cinema.
He is one of the finest director and writer in America cinema. Has written two of my favourite movies midnigh express(1978) and scarface(1983).
Midnight Express was not historically accurate.
Not busting your balls.I love Oliver Stone's films I just don't get what was so significant about Scarface? I remember people telling me how great it was and maybe I went into it with too high of expectations. I don't know it was good but the tshirts ,posters guys my age group wanting to be Tony Montana it was just nauseating. If I had seen
Scarface without the buzz I'd probably have seen it in a different light.Great interview all the same Thanku
@@billybatchelor2863 Scarface is overrated. The best performance in the film is by Paul Shenar.
Stone is undoubtedly the most underrated man in Hollywood. He seems to have a disdain for the system Hollywood uses but back then that was the only way for his message to reach the masses.
What message? He's a shameless and lying grifter and demonstrably so.
@@aaronz7056 Sure. He fooled millions of people to see his movies. Sounds legit.
@@dougstyles As a matter of fact, that's exactly it, and his "message" entails accusing a lot of innocent people of being conspirators in murder and treason with zero evidence, when he knows full well people seeing his movie will assume his accusations are based on something concrete.
The fact that you are clearly assuming he must be on the level just proves my point.
Should have won every award that year. Groundbreaking film. And just so necessary.
"Necessary..." It lets Kennedy's murderer off the hook, falsely accuses a lot of innocent people, and packs its narrative with over 80 demonstrable lies doing it.
The establishment respects myths not the truth.
@@arricammarques1955 All credible medical, forensic, ballistic, film and eyewitness evidence demonstrates Oswald's guilt.
By the way, - This Man is a Hero!
Jim Garrison and Oliver Stone
@@Gonergrat Two demonstrable liars.
He wrote Midnight express, Conan, and Scarface before he even started directing. Amazing
Midnight Express script a masterpiece on its own.
4 hour version? Awesome. I hope it gets a physical release. Please at least give us a bluray.
Sleeping pills.
@@johndeagle4389 you mean some stimulants so you dont fall asleep? I get that its a long slow movie. I will admit to falling asleep during and having to go back the next day. Too many beers.
@@johndeagle4389 has the attention span of a gnat.
Great director, I loved JFK this new Version is already on my watchlist!
New version?
@@coxkoala591 JFK Revisited. And the updated 4hr version to be released end of this month🤓🙇🏾
I would watch a longer cut if he ever put it out. So much information and great movie. Also his commentary on the film is very interesting. I would check the commentary out on the dvd.
Thanks for the interview!
If I ever had the opportunity to speak to Oliver Stone I'd like to talk to him about his "World Trade Centre" film. For me its the polar opposite of JFK in so much as it doesnt question the official narrative of those events at all. It's obviously a controversial subject but there were so many strange, unexplained coincidences that occurred on that day (the freefall collapse of WTC 7 being the most glaring, along with the current legal battle the victims relatives are persuing relating to the alleged involvement of the Saudi state) I was dissapointed Stone chose to make such a toothless movie on the subject. Michael Moore touched on some of these questions in his "Farenheit 911" documentary, I was hoping at the time Stone's film would follow that lead to be just as questioning as JFK was back in the '90's.
Absolutely. I always say the same thing when talk comes about Oliver Stone. Why would he make something like WTC?
You forgot to mention the 2 3 trillion
that went missing the day before.
Personally, I think this might have put him in a bit of trouble. JFK was enough for him and even this one kind of hurt him. As for 9/11, first building to drop, you could make a case, hit in the middle but the second tower to drop, no fuc#ing way. Nonsense and tower 7, no way, which leads back to the first tower, which means controlled demolition... No doubt.
@@swankybutters8371 I could imagine he was offered the job cause in terms of propaganda and disinformation: who better could take the wind out of the sails of conspiracy theorists than THE conspiracy theory movie maker himself. If he produces a Hollywood film about 911 without ever touching any delicate questions, well then: there was no conspiracy. Cause if there were, he would have touched it... That is what they want us to believe. - I just hope he got paid well.
@@of1300 I bet if you had a one on one with Oliver on 9/11, with no one else around, he would tell you he doesn't believe the official story...
My Hero Oliver Stone. You are Amazing
One of the most beautifully crafted films of all time.
One of the most dishonest, detestable pieces of film of all time.
I feel like Nixon is a companion film to JFK. I don't hear much talk of that and it's also an incredible piece of film making. I agree with you all, this film (JFK) completely changed my world view and life. Stone's work on the Untold History of the United States is just as shocking. It's like Howard Zinn put to film. Heaven & Earth is an amazing film as well.
Costner should’ve gotten an Oscar nomination for this. The courtroom scene was so powerful. Also, wouldn’t be surprised if Costner agreed to star in this movie when other leading men wouldn’t dare. Costner has always been brave and ahead of his time when it comes to roles & movie decisions. I’m glad it was him.
What a great interview! Good job, guys.
When and where can we watch the 4 hour version of the new JFK Revisited documentary?
I think it will also be on Showtime, like the two hour version.
@@squatch545 Maybe.
@@trackmastersdj I could be wrong, but that's the impression I got from other interviews with Stone.
JFK, Born on the 4th of July, Any Given Sunday, Scarface……so many great movies from this guy….all BIG
Agreed. And Conan, Platoon, Wall Street, The Doors,JFK.....
There will never be a young filmmaker with the same style like Oliver Stone
Thought provoking films... Invaluable.
J.F.K. was a MASTERPIECE should have won EVERY Award!!!!!
JFK was so good...beautifully directed...one of the best film of that decade.
A masterpiece of KGB disinformation 🤭
Incredible movie, in a way reinvented how movies were edited.
4 hour version.??where where when????
Truth prevails always
Fantastic interview guys. New sub
Can't find the new documentary! It's listed on Showtime but doesn't play; same thing on Rumble. I can only find
a preview. Is it anywhere?
I saw PLATOON when I was in California in 87 when the film came out.We ♥️ you OS!I saw & have the DOORS movie too.
It's a shame you didn't ask if he was going to direct another feature. I hope he does.
Sometimes it dose not seem that long ago. Likely because the film still resonates today.
The music comes from the heart❤️. Brilliant and moving. Details is what made the writing and directing. Facts important. I had read Garrisons book on the trail of the assassins. I was pleased to say the least. I live in San Antonio and regretted missing a chance to see JFK the day before- 8 years old. Innocence lost early. Amazing movie!
Garrison lied about the parade route being changed, about Oswald being in the TSBD doorway, about the tramps not being ID'd and cleared, etc.
It was the sad day that america died when it killed its own for money. Many forget but the Diem brothers were killed in Saigon 20 days earlier and so it paved the way for Johnston to support a war in Vietnam. US has never been the same since.
where's the 4k release?
*4hr release LOL but we’ll gladly take a 4K release (zapruder film would be epically grotesque)
"well fuck em" --- legend
To open the film with Ike's final speech before he leaves office was a masterstroke... just sets the tone straight away and what a powerful speech it was.... the words from ike stick in my mind " we must guard against"...and "whether sought or unsought" "the military industrial complex"....you can tell he's frustrated and worried...a powerful and brilliant speech
A masterstroke would have been using the actual evidence instead of making up a phony narrative.
If the Secret Service had been on the cars two rear bumper foot stands with hand griips the shots would have been blocked. JFK did not want them there because he wanted himself and Jackie to be seen. It was always said that the rear bumper foot stands were not in the right place to protect the President anyway. This video clearly shows where the rear bumper foot stands were and would have protected the President.
Also, it was always very obtuse about how Clint Hill got onto the back of the car with Jackie. Earlier windows of the footage show him riding on the side of the back up car. Somehow he managed to run up and jump on JFK's car stepping onto the bumper footstand and leaping onto the back of the car. Many accounts had him somehow walking along. So many strange stories.
Strange these bumper stands were never brought up or revealed in the hundreds and hundreds of footage and photos I saw about the assasination. The bumper stands that were not there are there. Very mysterious. The hand rail to hang on is clearly visible on the right side of the car. More disproven conspiracy stories. It just goes on and on.
Emory Roberts rode shotgun in the back up car head of the Secret Service Detail that day at Dealey Plaza. When the President got shot, Emory Roberts was in charge thereafter. Nobody ever talks about that. He took charge of everything, and immediately got Johnson onto Air Force One to leave Dallas and be sworn in going to Washington or if necessary a safe place to protect him. Emory was my neighbor in Wheaton, Md. on Holdridge Rd.
Most of this is in Dealey Plaza - The End of Camelot by William Wells
In the early morning it was scheduled to rain in Dallas and the Secret Service was setting up to install the canopy on the car. The forecast changed and the President wanted to be seen by the crowds, and besides the President did not want ir put on. So it was not put on.
So as to not make JFK negligent in his death, it was bandied about that there were no foot stands on the rear of the car for Secret Service to ride on. Clearly you can see two foot stands on the rear bumper of the car with handrails to hang on. Clint Hills is stepping on one to get onto the back of the car to be with Jackie. There is just bogus story after bogus story surrounding JFK's assasination
4 hr version ? Where
Probably future criterion edition DVD Box set?
The Man is a Hero !!! Very courageous director !! Takes on big subjects !!
Back and to the left Bane
Costner did an amazing job playing Garrison, but man-oh-man, I wonder how it would have looked with Harrison Ford in the role. And why did he turn it down? Ford has talked at length about wanting to play roles which allow him to dig into the human aspect of his characters - I cannot imagine a better role for him to do that with.
Probably because Jim Garrison wasn't the best with facts, frankly speaking.
@@jonhopp Why don't you give me your top 10 of modern humans that are 'the best' with facts? Frankly.
@@kevinbrennan-ji1so Frankly, it was an understatement.
Why don't you go ahead and list some of his discrepancies then?
Thank God for the movie JFK. We would not have access to so many of the Documents that were hidden from the American Public that Oliver Stone's testimony and movie made possible. Hopefully, one day all the documents will be released concerning the case of "The crazy guy who shot the crazy guy who shot POTUS and no one knew each other..."
Do I really have to list the more than 80 demonstrable lies Stone tells in is phony narrative?
OS is the most important TRUTH film Producer/Director in cinema.
As a guy who doesnt always agree with Mr Stone’s politics, i still adore many of his films. And i always enjoy hearing him speak, especially in a forum like this. Just let him rip. No dumb questions. Just let the man elaborate. Cheers! The Doors, JFK, and Natural Born Killers are the 3 best films of my youth. The 90s blessed us with many great films.
There’s no politics with Mr.Stone! Mr. Stone is a great smart and very intelligent person, One of the rare people in this world, not “blind” and “deaf” at all! Very open, and honest person! I personally adore Him, what he’s doing and saying! A very rare human being!
@@svetlanamihilapopovic-gree7885 yeah i will always dig his style. Although, he does have his political views which he isnt shy about. I agree with him on many things, but not everything. But i still admire the guy for making films with guts, and a curious perspective i tend to share, regardless of his politics. The real sense that something is seriously wrong and needs to be confronted.
@@svetlanamihilapopovic-gree7885 cheers! Thanks for the response.
Terrific interview. I would just like to say I have probably watched JFK at least 100 times since it came out. I became one of the "researchers". Mr. Stone thank you for your service to our country in Vietnam. There are so many reasons to admire you and your life and that is one of them.
So you have no problem with the fact this guy told dozens and dozens of demonstrable lies in the film then?
Every patriot is now living the sequel to this movie.
I want to know why he doesn't work with Robert Richardson anymore. Why the beef?
26:18
I am more interested in script decisions than film stocks.
The key is he himself admits to dramatic license. In other words he can screw around with a bit of fact and a ton of fictional to make a bullshit movie that made him millions at the expense of the most vital of human existence. The goddamn truth
Stone is a pariah
Way to go. Stone is always stoned.
Garrison never made that final speech😮
Bannister and Ted Cruz's daddy doing as Roy Cohn and Meyers Lansky ordered. JFK didn't want to be controlled by the Mafia and was trying to get Cuban Mafia separated from his dad's operation in Cuba, but the Cuban Mafia wanted Castro dead by whatever means. JFK was going to use Bay of Pigs to kill the Mafia criminals extorting him, and some did die. But not enough of them. Bannister was trash, as were Cohn and Sinatra.
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from that responsibility, I welcome it." ---------------John F. Kennedy
I'll probably watched the JFK movie a thousand times.
Oliver Stone is not all wrong with the film. Perhaps he has added something more, but he has roughly proved the truth and as a support of his film of him now I show you the reconstruction of the events of November 22, 1963. This is what happened that morning of November 22, 1963 in Dallas and the Zapruder video speaks very clearly. The presidential limousine takes Elm Street and after a few meters the first shot fired by Nicoletti starts who, together with Rosselli, was hidden in the Dal Tex Building. The first bullet misses its target and hits the sidewalk of the triple rail crossing at the end of the square and a splinter ends up in the face of James Tague, a passerby who was standing there. The second bullet hits Kennedy in the throat, and as you can see in the footage, the president puts his hands around his neck and Governor Connally turns back to understand what happened. The third bullet misses and ends up on the lawn where it is later found by an FBI man and Deputy Buddy Walthers. The fourth bullet hits Connally who emits a grimace of pain as seen in the video and brings his right hand to his stomach because he accuses an immediate pain and then the bullet pierces his right wrist and plants itself in the thigh of his left leg. The fifth bullet hits Kennedy in the back of the head and the sixth bullet, fired by James Files hiding on the grassy knoll half a second after the fifth shot, shoots both Kennedy's blood and head back, and the brain leaking was due to pressure. of the sixth bullet that had left an apple-sized hole behind Kennedy's head, as evidenced by photos of 14 people bringing their hands to the same spot on their heads. I say with certainty that the bullets were 6 because it seems that a shot was fired about every three seconds, that is the time to reload the rifle. Returning to Connally, which is the key to clarifying the mystery well, there is a lot to say. 1) First of all, from the angle in which Oswald would have found himself firing, which was about 45 degrees, only Kennedy would have been hit and no one else, the bullet could not in any way make a deviation and then hit the governor. 2) When Kennedy is shot Connally turns around to see what happens and stays there for about three seconds, the time to reload the shot in the rifle; if the governor had been hit by the magic bullet, at the same time as the president, he would have had the same reaction as Kennedy and would have neither the way nor the strength to look back. 3) The governor Connally when he is wounded is still turned and you see a grimace of pain as I mentioned before him and then turn forward again and collapse on his wife's legs. 4) In the video you can see how Connally bumps his head in front of the glass that separates him from the driver's and assistant's seats. 5) Do you know why Connally was hit? Both because Kennedy threw himself on his wife's right shoulder, because bending over did not hinder the trajectory of the fourth bullet that almost grazed him hitting the governor, and because the shot was fired by Nicoletti from the window of the Dal Tex Building and reached the governor, because Kennedy was leaning towards his wife. So, not only does the first missile reveal where the shot really came from, but also what hit Connally. Indisputable and real evidence, but unfortunately denied by many, including the Warren commission which veiled so much evidence.
In your dreams.
@@randyharris3175 Shut up!!!!
@james2774 Thank you very much!!!
Except the interval with there being at least three shooters is not so much of an issue.
@@jimmycricket5366 The shooters were three, two from the window of the Dal Tex Building, an extra shooter as an assistant, and a shooter from the grassy hill who, perhaps, had some who covered his back and made the circumstance harmless.
I congratulate you for inviting one of the most important North American directors...because he wants to reflect to the youth the fateful reality that is being lived...when the Dogs of War want to destroy the planet...as if they were going to save themselves. ..forget there will be no space in the universe for beings as harmful as the human species.... CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOST FOR THIS EXCELLENT INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER STONE...AND EVEN MORE NOW THAT HE IS BEING CENSORED BY THE MEDIA SYSTEM
A movie about my death?…
Oliver Stone is a genius filmmaker and he proves that people are sheep to be led.
Back and to the left
as movie "Concussion" against big tobacco as the NFL couldnt be given attention Will Smith should have gotten the right way
Yes he,OS,is one of the greats but he is a truther so...libs probably don't like that.That's ok more for us on the,up & to the right,crowd.Yes!😎
Kermit Hall told me , they had to lie Warner bros bought by 7 Artists as Hunt Oil as Henry Luce of my hometown Ridgefiled Ct told me as 3 years old after being two towns down in Wesport where Tippet had relative as well ,when happened on 1122
You have a lot of homework to do. Get busy.
My all-time favorite movie because it had it all. I just hope that newer information will be added regarding the shots from the front left of the limo that pierced the windshield and most likely entered JFK's throat; and the fatal head wound as described on CZcams by Sherry P. Fiester in her book "Enemy of the Truth." Shots were fired from the grassy knoll as most people know but they missed the president's head. JFK was facing down and slightly to the left away from the grassy knoll. If JFK had been struck in the right temple from that direction, the bullet would have exited the area of his left temple. The bullet would not have made a drastic left turn to exit the right rear area. The pieces to this very important historical puzzle are put together by many true investigative journalists and lay people seeking the truth. The murder of JFK was also an attack on our country and the American people. "Let justice be done though the heavens fall," Jim Garrison.
Harrelson's Daddy is attached to the Kennedy Story and not in a positive light, at least by some.
Not true. Charles Harrelson is not 1 of the 3 tramps. The three tramps were Gus W. Abrams, Harold Doyle, and John F. Gedney.
@susyque3521 "Harrelson's Daddy" was not connected to the "Kennedy Story." at all. The "three tramps" have long been correctly identified, and Harrelson Sr. was not among them.
Is it impossible for anyone under the age of 30 to NOT say the word LIKE out of context?'?????''' It's pathetic.
Great director major lunatic
Oh, brilliant idea -- jump into the middle of the discussion and change the entire subject. This is the first time I watched a vid by this channel. Now, it's my last🖕
Too much talk from the youtuber
In my research for Dealey Plaza - The End of Camelot, I went to Swarthmore College Library’s Ruth Paine section. I spent three mornings reviewing Oswald’s information.
I viewed a rough draft of a letter Oswald had scribbled on a plain piece of paper that Ruth Paine had found in her house. It was a strange, rambling letter with uneven margins all broken up, revealing a confused state of mind.
I have studied people’s handwriting most of my life. His handwriting was unclear, meandering across the page, very childlike, a scribble in places, unsteady with no continuity. His grammar poor. A bizarre letter - wandering, nonsensical.
What engrossed me was his “Signature Block.” It was a jumble that screamed an indescribable horror leaping out at me from the page, frightening me, captivating me for minutes. It was like looking into hell only worse. I saw the “Embodiment of Evil,” a horrifying numbing experience, a horror beyond description.
All Bogus.
Great director and editor but insane
Stone's 1991 movie is packed with so many *demonstrable* lies (over forty important ones) it would take all day just to list them all.
He only pandered to the conspiracy-mongers, only listened to pro-conspiracy stories during production, made heroes into villains and villains into heroes. His happily portraying the cops who risked their lives doing their duty to capture Oswald alive in the theater, even when he tried to shoot one of them, as being dirty liars complicit in a conspiracy, is simply beneath contempt.
After this "crusader for truth" felt obliged to create an almost totally fictional version of Jim Garrison for his film, he then had the nerve to make the rounds of the talk shows, insisting we should all be "applauding" Garrison for his despicable persecution of an innocent man which got him firmly condemned by the ABA for the most disgraceful misconduct in prosecutorial history.
I'm pretty sure this dude works for the CIA or something lol
@@doomsdaybooty1072 No, I just see value in letting people know when they are being misled by crackpots so paranoid they assume anybody not on board for this demonstrably false conspiracy crap must be "working for the CIA."
Do I really have to list all the lies Stone tells in his movie?
Great movie, but Oswald was the lone assassin. This has been scientifically proven.
Great director but he is just rambling, old crazy man these days, isn’t he? He’s really lost it this time lol.
Nah I think it's you that's just rambling, young crazy men these days.
WTF????
He's eloquent, smart and relentless as fuck. Who are you? Some useless CZcamsr commentator.