Rush to Judgement
Directed by Emile de Antonio
Written by Mark Lane
1967/US
Judgement Films
First viewing/You Tube
[box] “History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy” ― Zbigniew Brzezinski[/box]
Interesting documentary that raises more questions about the Kennedy Assassination than it answers.
Author Mark Lane interviews many eyewitnesses to the assassination. Some are certain at least two of the shots were so close together that they could not have been made by the same gun. Others say they observed shot coming from a different direction than the Texas Book Depository. Many of these witnesses later died under suspicious circumstances according to Lane. No theories about who the other shooter/s might have been or who was behind any conspiracy or cover-up.
All of de Antonio’s documentaries have political agendas. The difference with this one is that it has a narrator – Lane – who does not exactly let the audience draw its own conclusions. The conspiracy theory is so convoluted that I generally give up early on in trying to understand it. If there are any Kennedy assassination enthusiasts among my readers, I can highly recommend Oswald by Norman Mailer. It’s based on personal access to Marina Oswald as well as de-classified KGB records detailing surveillance on Lee Harvey during his years in the USSR.
No clip or trailer – so here’s Mark Lane speaking about Jim Garrison’s investigation in 1967
