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The one that started it all for me. Strange, I know, but true. Fascinating on pretty much every cinematic level imaginable. It'll probably be the director's cut, which is not nearly as good as the original theatrical cut (which is available to purchase digitally, FYI).
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One of the very best John Williams film scores?
No, not really. I found it clichéd (Williams even uses the diabolus in musica for the traitors) and banal, from the "lonesome hero" trumpet in the overture to the ominous, "inhuman" music for the alleged(!) conspirators to the quasi-Barber Arlington adagio - manipulative in a bad way, like the film itself. I even wrote a term paper for a JFK-obsessed professor, including a chapter on the use of music in the film. Nixon is better: film & score!
I recently saw a few episodes of Oliver Stone's "America" documentary, including the one on JFK and his time. It was good to see that Stone has come to a more realistic evaluation of Kennedy as a president.
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I wonder how this film has held up, or not.
I thought it was one of the most ridiculous films I had ever seen, when it was originally released. To me, it's in the same category as SHOWGIRLS. The only person in the film who is even remotely believable in their role, is Sissy Spacek; and, as I recall it, she is totally unnecessary. I cannot imagine anyone wanting to sit through it, again.
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