...characters, however they are never fleshed out enough for us to fully care and understand them. An intricate set up starts our film, a mobster knows about a high stake poker game run and played by members of the mob, and hires two men to rob the game. He knows someone within the mob who can easily be set up for the heist. After the game is robbed, the mob brings in enforcer type Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) to find and kill the guys who pulled off the heist. Now Killing Them Softly has a lot more going for it and it is apparent from the opening sequence, where an image of a man walking over derelict and broken down streets intersected with Obama speech cues promising for a new and better day. It’s apparent what Andrew Dominik (Chopper; Assassination of Jesse James…) is trying to get across, you see what he sees, you understand what he is trying to tell, yet he feels like he needs the idea to keep on running throughout the film, which often hurts it’s stronger elements, brilliant character(s) and their stories. Yet his idea of the financial breakdown being told through the eyes of a mob breaking down is never fully realized. Dominik knows exactly what he is doing behind the camera, he uses stylistic choices to express not only political views but also character’s state of mind, and just like the political emphasis, the state of mind is...
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...New York Senator, Robert F. Kennedy, gave a speech to a group of mostly African American’s about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. as he landed in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 4th 1968, the same night the prominent leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by a white man named James Earl Ray. Robert F. Kennedy was the first to inform the death of Dr. King to the crowd which gave him the opportunity to speak of the peace and the unity their leader followed hoping to settle the potential rioters and riots and tension that have been occurring throughout America as the devastating news spread. His message is compelling because he makes great use of connecting with his audience. O’Connor claims that Kennedy’s speech was immediately effective because there were no riots in Indianapolis compared to other Black cities in the nation and I feel like this is a valid point made. Although Kennedy’s speech was short, it was within an appropriate amount of time, given the fact that he didn’t have a lot of time to prepare the speech since he had also just recently heard the news about the death of Martin Luther King. He appeals to his audience with the use of...
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...dedicated to great John F. Kennedy and his unfortunate assassination. However, after 50 years why are we still questionable to of who is actually responsible for his death. For me personally the charge against Lee Harvey Oswald doesn’t cut it for me. A six story shot from a building at angle that “the best gun man” now can’t mimic seems more of a cover up for what was really going on. Now, I personally cannot tell you who did it because I obviously wasn’t present on the day of the assassination. To be frank I wasn’t even a thought, but I can give my input in who I believe is responsible for it, and I believe that it wasn’t a single person. With all the conspiracy theories about Mr. Kennedy’s murderer, I believe it would be okay to rule out the ones about someone poisoning a salad, or sandwich and giving it to him because that’s obviously not what happened on the day of his assassination. I mean, it could have happened earlier, not saying that anything is possible, but there’s no reliable source that we can look back to. Plus, his face didn’t explode from a chemical reaction or poison… It was more of a bullet to the face approach. But sandwich and salads aside, one of the conspiracy theories that do capture my attention with convincing evidence is the fact that the ones truly responsible for his assassination were the Mob and Lyndon B. Johnson. The single shot theory that was apparently ruled as the cause of President Kennedy’s death seems like the cover up for what really was...
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...the dangerous group of militant anti-Castro Cuban exiles. They are organized crime figures, and hardliners in the CIA who are frustrated over Kennedy's failure to get rid of Castro o With the lack of airpower, the group failed, and many in the exile community blamed Kennedy. Even though he continued a continuous CIA effort to eliminate Castro, it wasn't enough to satisfy the exiles who were ready to try another invasion. They grew even angrier after federal authorities shut down many of their training camps and confiscated weaponry in the spring of 1963. o In October, just seven weeks before JFK's killing, one anti-Castro militant warned,...
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...Blake Douglas 903967372 Lesson 3 assignment Robert F. Kennedy’s Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (analysis) Robert F. Kennedy’s speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. was given on April 4, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana to an audience that was full of bitterness, hatred, and revenge for the killing of a beloved civil rights activist and philanthropist of the United States. The concern for riots and bloodshed was apparent to the Senator prior to addressing the audience in Indiana, and even with all of this fear, the Democratic Presidential nominee was able to effectively address the crowd with care, passion, and love. Although Kennedy was faced with a diverse demographical audience with different skin color and cultural differences, he attempted to bring the audience together with hope for the future of the country and the ability to move forward from the tragedy. The audience at the speech by Kennedy after the assassination of MLK Jr. was composed of a largely black crowd in a section of town that was predominately poor. Prior to the speech the audience was unaware of the assassination of Dr. King. Senator Kennedy was on a campaign trail and was planning on speaking on his potential to become the President of the United States. Just prior to the beginning of the speech the Senator was made aware of the assassination and had to quickly come up with a speech to keep the audience calm and inform them of the incident with compassion...
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...JFK Assassination: Are the Conspiracies Accurate? In 1976, the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election. People who had been involved in the original Warren Commission investigations were asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the CIA were persuaded to release more of their documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were opened and individuals who had not previously given evidence were persuaded to come forward. Most important of all, pieces of evidence such as photos and sound recordings were subjected to scientific analysis using the most up-to-date methods and equipment. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) completed their investigation in 1979 and they finally came to a discrete verdict that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy, one of which killed the president. A fourth shot was fired from the grassy knoll, which was contradictory to the statement printed by the Warren Commission 16 years earlier. However, the HSCA could not determine who the second gunman was, and how he was in relation to Oswald. If the Warren Committee had been thorough and not corrupt the first time, the second investigation would never have been necessary. However, because of government negligence and corruption, we still to this day do not know who really killed President Kennedy. The public became more interested in the...
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...grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, emigrated from Ireland in 1849 and his grandfathers, Patrick Joseph Kennedy and John Francis Fitzgerald, were both important political figures in Boston. Kennedy's dad was a highly successful businessman who had later served as ambassador for Great Britain (1937-40) Then on November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Here is some more in depth research on the conspiracy of his assassination 1976, the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry into the assassination of John F Kennedy, who was murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. People who had been involved in the original Warren Commission investigations were asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the CIA were persuaded to release more of their documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were opened and individuals who had not previously given evidence were persuaded to come forward. Most important of all, pieces of evidence such as photos and sound recordings were subjected to scientific analysis using the most up-to-date methods and equipment. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) completed their investigation in 1979 and they finally came to a discrete verdict that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy, one of which killed the president. The fourth...
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...of US Foreign Policy on the Vietnam War The Vietnam War is one of the most talked about wars in history. It began in 1959 and did not end until 1975. These years saw protests, conflicts, casualties, and confusion for the United States, as well as the terms of three presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. When U.S. involvement in the war began under Kennedy, it was originally put out as a plan for the United States to only aid the South Vietnamese, but, after his assassination, Johnson was put in charge. The path that the war took under Johnson was filled with controversy and large numbers of casualties. When Johnson did not run for a second term, Nixon was left in charge to ultimately turn things around. Soon, all of the American troops were removed from Vietnam, and the war slowly began to come to a close. But what was it about Nixon’s foreign policy that was so much more successful than Johnson’s? Was Nixon’s policy more closely related to Kennedy’s successful strategy than Johnson’s was, and, if so, why didn’t Johnson do a better job modeling his policy after Kennedy? These are all questions that political scientists still look at today as a way to solve the many questions that are still being posed about the war. I have looked deeply into these questions, and found answers through researching the history of Vietnam as well as the three presidents. As I read about each event that unfolded, it became clear to me why there were such drastic...
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...JKF assassination. After military force service as the leader of the speed Torpedo Boats during the Second World War in the south pacific, John Kennedy stood for Massachusetts eleventh congressional district in the United States House of the legislature from 1947 to 1953 as a democrat. Later, he served in the United States council from 1953 to 1960. John Kennedy crushed the deputy President and Republican aspirant Richard in the 1960 United States presidential voting. At forty three years, he was the most young to have been nominated to the presidential office, the second-youngest President following Theodore Roosevelt, and the foremost person born in the 20th century to become the president. As a Roman catholic, John Kennedy was the only non-protestant president, and was the only president who won a Pulitzer award. Events all through his presidency incorporated the Cuban missile emergency, Bay of Pigs attack, the construction of the Berlin wall, the African American national rights group, the space race, and early phases of the Vietnam warfare. Therein, John Kennedy added the number of military force advisers, helicopters and the special operation services in an attempt to curb the increase of Marxism in South East of Asia. Kennedy’s administration approved the policy of the tactical hamlet program which was executed by the South Vietnamese administration. The policy involved certain compulsory relocation, segregation and village internment of country South Vietnamese from...
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...In 1976, the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election. People who had been involved in the original Warren Commission investigations were asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the CIA were persuaded to release more of their documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were opened and individuals who had not previously given evidence were persuaded to come forward. Most important of all, pieces of evidence such as photos and sound recordings were subjected to scientific analysis using the most up-to-date methods and equipment. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) completed their investigation in 1979 and they finally came to a discrete verdict that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy, one of which killed the president. A fourth shot was fired from the grassy knoll, which was contradictory to the statement printed by the Warren Commission 16 years earlier. They concluded that John Kennedy was assassinated as the result of a conspiracy. The investigation was ordered directly after the assassinations of two other major political figures; the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King and the President’s brother Robert Kennedy, in 1968. Naturally these incidents aroused immense suspicion and the American public started questioning why so many key US figures had been assassinated in the space of just four years...
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...Linhan Mao Mr. Edwards English 9 H 22 January, 2024. Effects after the MLK Assassination and RFK’s Remarks. The MLK Assassination and the RFK Speech affected the people by banding the people together, and leading the people to protest non-violently for equal rights in honour of MLK and RFK. To start off, we have Robert F. Kennedy’s remarks on the MLK Assassination. Robert F. Kennedy in his STATEMENT ON ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, states “I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort.” This quote from RFK’s statement on the...
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...president and the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize.[4] Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race—by initiating Project Apollo (which would culminate in the moon landing), the building of the Berlin Wall, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that afternoon and charged with the crime that night. Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald two days later, before a trial could take place. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) agreed with the conclusion that Oswald fired the shots which killed the president, but also concluded that Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.[5] Since the 1960s,...
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...35th president of the United States. He not only concentrated on foreign relations, domestic policies, and his main focus, civil rights, but he was a role model to many politicians and private citizens. On November 22, 1963, an assassin cut Kennedy’s life short, but his legacy and his influence lived on. John F. Kennedy influenced the sixties through his actions, his politics, and the legacy left after his death. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to a European Ambassador, Joseph Kennedy and his wife, Rose. He had eight brothers and sisters, including his brothers Robert and Ted, who both grew up to take part in politics. As a child, John, commonly known as Jack, was often ill. He suffered from Addison’s disease, which causes the body’s immune system to weaken, and he had an injured back, resulting in two, near lethal, surgeries. Despite all his ailments, Jack was a kindhearted child and “Rose described him as a ‘funny little boy’ who ‘said things in such an original, vivid way’” (Hamilton 2). He attended Harvard University, where he studied government. In 1941, John Kennedy joined the United States Navy, and by 1943, he had a torpedo boat, PT 109, under his command. Months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Kennedy’s boat was struck by a Japanese bomber and instantly sunk. Ten out of the twelve sailors survived, and hung on to the ship debris while floating in the Blackett Strait of the Solomon Islands, until they saw an island in the distance and made...
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...and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.” Robert F. Kennedy delivered this news in his speech “Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.” to a predominately black crowd in Indianapolis on April 4th, 1968, only one day after King delivered his final speech in which he gave hope to his supporters of a promise land where injustice and inequality did not exist, in a time when there was more divisiveness in America than in almost any point in history (Spong, 809). Despite riots ensuing in major cities all over the country and a Negro gang in Indianapolis, known as the “Ten Percenters,” scouring the neighborhood gathering militant support...
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...|The Assassination of a President | | The Assassination of President Kennedy | | | | | | | | | In 1963 a lot of events happened, like the earthquake that destroyed a village in Libya, Iron man deputes in the Marvel Comic Books, and the assassination of President John F Kennedy. The Assassination of President Kennedy happened on Friday, November 22 at 12:30 p.m. during a motorcade. The Motorcade was carrying the president to a Luncheon speech at the Trade Mart that was when the shot was fired. One shot was fired and that bullet did a lot of damage, it hit the president and the Governor of Texas. The bullet entered into President Kennedy’s head, and the same bullet hit the governors lower back, damaged the vertebrae, and the right lung. After the shooting they fled the president...
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