Executive Action (1973), The Parallax View (1974), & JFK (1991)

ALL MOVIES SPOILED

In this film block, Jeremy and Brian discuss three post-JFK assassination films. This episode is a kind of sequel to the first episode, Paranoia Puppetry, where we looked at pre-JFK assassination films. These post-JFK (as well as post-Malcolm, Martin, RFK and Fred Hampton) assassination films take a more critical look at the causes of American political assassinations, a look in the mirror.

Misc.

Seinfeld “Magic Loogie” 

The Critic “JFK Director’s Cut” 

Further Reading:

The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by David Talbot 

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill 

American Tabloid by James Ellroy 

The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy 

Other films referenced:

The Manchurian Candidate 

Seinfeld 

The Critic 

The Godfather 

All the President’s Men 

Klute 

Mission Impossible 

Star Trek TNG 

Dumb and Dumber 

Boy Meets World 

Dick Tracy (1990) 

A Clockwork Orange 

Men in Black 

Cocoon (1985) 

The Thing (1981) 

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 

Waterworld 

Wayne’s World