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Get Ready For Errol Morris's Full JFK Investigation

Remember the short documentary that Errol Morris released last year in commemoration of the 48th anniversary of JFK's assassination? Not for nothing, but there's plenty more where that came from — and it sounds... interesting: "I wondered why [he drove] because we offered to fly him in. So I’m interviewing him. He gets up. He walks off. He comes back. And he has a Mannlicher-Carcano, just like the one Oswald used. [...] He wanted to demonstrate for me the enormous difficulty of firing those shots in rapid succession.” [Smithsonian]

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John Williams is 80. What's His Finest Film Score?

John Williams is 80. What's His Finest Film Score?

The five-time Oscar-winning (and 47-time Oscar-nominated) composer and conductor John Williams was born 80 years ago today in Flushing, Queens. Somewhere a concertmaster is no doubt preparing a 100-piece orchestra for a rousing, booming rendition of "Happy Birthday," but for now, we can send our own regards with a discussion of his finest composition for the screen. You only have, oh, 130-something projects to choose from.
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