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Chilling assassination time capsule, May 10, 2007
This review is from: Plot to Kill JFK: Rush to Judgment [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Over the decades, there's been so much propaganda on both sides of the JFK assassination argument, that it could be off-putting to anybody, especially the novice.
But the strength of RUSH TO JUDGMENT is it's timing, the period, coming just a couple of years after the assassination... True, as it was so early, not as much was known then--- but sometimes less is more; what you have here are just fresh, unpolished, unrehearsed, raw and chilling interviews with the witnesses at a time LONG before the whole topic had become the lost-in-time cliche it seems to now be.
The quiet simplicity, lack of pretense, the (then) newness of the subject-matter, and the flavor of the era drive home this documentary's point more effectively and convincingly--- and hit a far more macabre note --- than any thunderous, drum-beating entry today could possibly achieve.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A must-have video!, January 14, 2006
This review is from: Plot to Kill JFK: Rush to Judgment [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Mark Lane's legacy is secure, despite three patchy books: his FILM "Rush To Judgment" is brilliant and a must-have for anyone interested in the JFK assassination. The number of primary witnesses on this film is impressive (i.e. Sam Holland), as is the length they speak and, most importantly, what they have to say. Very well done. You have to get this one!!!!!!
Vince Palamara
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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These people obviously know what they saw with their own eyes., January 23, 2006
This review is from: Plot to Kill JFK: Rush to Judgment [VHS] (VHS Tape)
An absolute must have for any true amateur assassination researcher. Mr. Lane's witness interviews are impeccable. He does not attempt to lead his subjects to any conclusion, and thus, some believe the Warren Commission, and others are convinced they saw different. I love the way these contemporary films capture the feel of Dallas as it was in the early 1960's. This is also the only filmed interview with Lee Bowers that I have ever seen, and the earliest footage of the brilliant journalist Penn Jones, Jr. that I am aware of. In our home we found it particularly amusing that Mr. Lane included a good deal of contemporary news footage from WFAA-TV, Channel 8, as only a few weeks prior to purchasing this video we had received a DVD compilation of Channel 8's assassination news footage as our free gift for subscribing to the local newspaper. Not surprisingly, much of the footage Mr. Lane included, so damning to the Dallas Police Department and the district attorney, is conveniently omitted from Channel 8's own compilation. We laughed for hours. But I digress; Rush to Judgment contains mainly filmed interviews with witnesses, many of whom would soon conveniently die and are hence not to be found in more recent efforts such as The Men Who Killed Kennedy. If you view this with an open mind, you will immediately throw your copy of Case Closed in the trash where it belongs.
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