The Umbrella Man
Am 22. November 1963 wurde US-Präsident John F.Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, ermordet.
Der Regisseur, Dokumentarfilmer und Oscar-Preisträger Errol Morris hat aus diesem Anlass im November 2011 den ersten Teil einer (möglichen) Kurzfilm-Dokumentarreihe zu diesem Thema veröffentlicht.
“For years, I’ve wanted to make a movie about the John F. Kennedy assassination. Not because I thought I could prove that it was a conspiracy, or that I could prove it was a lone gunman, but because I believe that by looking at the assassination, we can learn a lot about the nature of investigation and evidence.
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Years ago, Josiah Thompson, known as Tink, a young, Yale-educated Kierkegaard scholar wrote the definitive book on the Zapruder film — “Six Seconds in Dallas.” [...]
Last year, I finally got to meet and interview Tink Thompson. I hope his interview can become the first part of an extended series on the Kennedy assassination. This film is but a small segment of my six-hour interview with Tink.” Quelle: New York Times
Vokabeltipps:
assassination: Ermordung
conspiracy: Verschwörung
evidence: Beweis(e)




