简介：Synopsis: FilmForumispleasedtopresenttheUStheatricalpremiereofVirtualJFK:VietnameifKennedyHadLived,beginningWednesday,September17.ScottishhistorianNiallFergusoncallsitvirtualhistory:thegreatwhatif’s,theplausibilityofcounterfactuals.First-timefilmmakerKojiMasutaniandBrownUniversityprofessorJamesG.Blightask:“Canapresidentmakeadecisivedifferenceinmattersofwarandpeace…or,aretheforcesthatdriveanationintowaralotmoreimpersonal,outofthecontrolofanysinglehumanbeing,evenapresident?”In1963theUShad16,000militaryadvisersinVietnam.By1968,PresidentLyndonJohnsonhadsent500,000troops.VirtualJFKrethinksKennedy’slegendary1,000-daypresidency,selectingfrommorethan250hoursofarchivalmaterialsomeofthebrightest,funniestmomentsfromhispressconferences,aswellassomeofthescariestones,whentheColdWarthreatenstoturnhot. ThefilmconsidersKennedy’smodusoperandiinforeignaffairs,lookingcloselyathowhedealswithsixcrises,includingabelligerentSovietPremierNikitaKhrushchevduringtheCubanMissileCrisisandthebuildingoftheBerlinWall.KennedyadvisorsRobertMcNamara,AdlaiStevensonandGeneralMaxwellTaylorappearinthefilm,asdoesaparticularlytellingexchangebetweenJFKandGeneralCurtisLeMay(theinspirationforGeneralJackD.RipperinStanleyKubrick’sDr.Strangelove).The800-poundgorillaintheroomis,ofcourse,GeorgeW.Bush,hiswarinIraqandthebellicosenoiseshisadministrationhavebeenmakingtowardIran.WhatwouldJFKhavedoneinVietnam?Andwhatwouldhedotoday?--©FilmForum 烂番茄小组 http://www.douban.com/group/rottentomatoes/…