"Stir the shitpot" - JFK and History

1. Critics attacked JFK as a rewrite of history, manipulating audiences to believe a particular theory about the assassination. Do you agree? What was Oliver Stone's reason for making the movie?

2. What techniques does Stone use in the film to blend history (recorded or written) with film?

3. How does Stone connect other events in American history to the assassination?

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