Ackland Film Forum: “JFK” (Oliver Stone, 1991)

JFK
Dir. Oliver Stone, 1991

Introduced by Prof. Michelle Robinson, American Studies

As one of the most epic conspiracy thrillers ever conceived, JFK investigates the perpetually unsolved murder of an American president. Set largely in New Orleans, this sprawling, kaleidoscopic film bombards us with all manner of facts and paranoid theories while Robert Richardson’s highly complex cinematography alternates between the past and present, between archival and newly shot material, between sumptuous 35mm images and grainy 16 or 8mm images that look like newsreel footage. Featuring many actors you will recognize (Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland, and even John Candy!), this film will no doubt provoke conversation with your friends and leave you wanting to see it again, albeit after a long rest.  

This Fall’s Ackland Film Forum series, Nineties Flashback, is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Film Studies Program, part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature.

All Ackland Film Forum screenings are part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit.