Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived

Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived" lives up to its provocative title, even if it's actually more a look at "what was" than an exercise in "what if?" The brisk documentary posits that, given JFK's six-time avoidance of war while in office, he likely wouldn't have embroiled the U.S. in Vietnam had an assassin's bullet not intervened. In broader terms, it maintains a president's personality ultimately [...] Vai alla recensione »

The title of the documentary “Virtual J F K.: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived” pretty much says it all, though the movie itself says not nearly enough. Directed by Koji Masutani, this speculative, provocative, frustrating and finally unpersuasive historical gloss races quickly and all too lightly over the major political crises that John F. Kennedy faced during his aborted presidency — Laos, Berlin, [...] Vai alla recensione »