Oswald's Ghost (2007)

Of course, it doesn't tell us what really happened; that's still shrouded in mystery and always will be, since Lee Harvey Oswald was shot within two days of his arrest.

So long as filmmakers think they're exposing hidden facts, we'll be experiencing the effects of "Oswald's Ghost" long into the future.

The more interesting question to raise might be "What toll does it take on a society when someone as inconsequential as Lee Harvey Oswald can slay someone as historically significant as JFK?

What starts out interesting eventually feels unfocused: Just what was the rationale for making this in the first place?

Taking on the most over-used documentary topic in America, this JFK assassination flick has to produce a new angle. It doesn't do it.

The only obvious question that Oswald's Ghost raises is: how come Mort Sahl wasn't in the movie?

Filmmaker Robert Stone doesn't have the answer, but his curiosity about Oswald and the entire assassination experience has been shaped into this fascinating documentary.

Veteran conspiracy buffs probably won’t find much of Stone's material particularly new, but Stone’s film does serve as a neat summary for the rest of us while offering a number of intriguing insights into how conspiracy theories work...