Camelot Comes A Lot
The credits of Watchmen had a bit with the Kennedy assassination. Kennedy as an icon continues to fascinate, and I recently saw two films trailers in a row that deal with him.
One was An American Affair, a poorly-reviewed film starring Gretchen Mol as a women who's involved with the President in 1963. I guess if it wasn't Kennedy, there'd be no story.
Then there's Virtual Kennedy: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived. Sounds silly, but I suppose handled well it could be thought-provoking. Unfortunately, after seeing the trailer, it looks to be pretty one-sided--making Kennedy what the filmmaker wants him to be, taking the past 45 years into account. That's a virtual review of my virtual Virtual Kennedy.
One of the actual reviews says "A prime example of the power of the documentary to expose truths and to enhance legends at one and the same time." I would think those two goals are opposites.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:32 AM
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I'm probably more willing to think JFK would have made better choices had he lived than others here, but I still think one of the best "alternate histories" in this vein was a National Lampoon issue from mid-70s on what would have happened in JFK's 2d term and beyond - Northern Ireland was Kennedy's Vietnam, with propaganda posters claiming Britain massacred leprechauns and sexual recruiting posters ("Girls Will Go Down on Boys Who Join Up.")
I read that issue. Sort of a counter-Watchmen concept (before it happened).
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