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Margenalised Movie The Trail of Lee Harvey Oswald
Wednesday, 26th November 2008
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Mu-Meson Archives, 1st Floor, Cnr Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St, Annandale
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Cult director
Larry Buchanan tackles nothing less than the killing of President John F.
Kennedy by showing what The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald might have been like had
Oswald lived to defend himself. Filmed in Dallas
shortly after the assassination -- before the results of the Warren Report and
the flood of various conspiracy theories -- "the testimony, evidence, and
facts that you will see and hear were obtained from public records and from
eyewitnesses to the events." Surprisingly, the issue here is not whether
Oswald was a lone gunman but, rather, if he was crazy or not: "The
defendant suffers from a major mental disorder! Schizophrenia, paranoid
type!" A fascinating glimpse into speculative history -- in which each
viewer becomes a "member of the jury" -- this was briefly released to
theaters in April of 1964 but according to Buchanan, "due to unwarranted
pressures the picture suppressed after this first showing" and has
remained virtually unseen for almost four decades. Until now.... One of the rarest JFK
films ever made. Mu-Meson Archives
Doors 7.30 for 8pm start
$10 with supper
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