JFK (1991)
Directed by Oliver Stone
Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar, based on the books On The Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs
Produced by Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho
Running time: 189 minutes (theatrical version)/ 206 minutes (director’s cut)
Should I Care?
Before Michael Moore came [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Shot In Texas'
Something Wrong with the Official Version of the Assassination
March 7th, 2010 · 6 Comments
Tags: Alternate universe · Based on book · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Forensic evidence · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Military · Murder mystery · Paranoia · Shot In Texas
A Soldier’s Point of View
September 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Stop-Loss (2008)
Written by Mark Richard & Kimberly Peirce
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Produced by Peirce Pictures/ Scott Rudin Productions/ MTV Films
Running time: 112 minutes
So, What’s This About?
While manning a checkpoint in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, a U.S. Army infantry unit is sucked into an ambush in which three of its men are killed and one [...]
Tags: Bathtub scene · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Father/son relationship · Military · No opening credits · Road trip · Shootout · Shot In Texas · Small town
A Tone Poem to Time Travel
July 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Primer (2004)
Written by Shane Carruth
Directed by Shane Carruth
Running time: 77 minutes
By Joe Valdez
So, What’s This About?
In suburban Dallas, Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan) divide their time between jobs as software engineers with toiling in Aaron’s garage in a bid to develop a get-rich-quick gizmo. While their partners (Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya) seem [...]
Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · No opening credits · Paranoia · Shot In Texas
They Were Marketing It For Dumb Teenagers
April 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Written by Richard Linklater
Directed by Richard Linklater
Produced by Detour Filmproduction/ Alphaville Films
Running time: 103 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
On May 28, 1976 – the last day of the school year at “Lee High School” somewhere in Texas – quarterback Randall “Pink” Floyd (Jason London) faces an existential crisis over whether [...]
Tags: 24 hour time frame · Brother/sister relationship · Coming of age · Cult favorite · Drunk scene · Famous line · High school · Mother/son relationship · Music · Shot In Texas










