Presdiential Quotes (11 of 16): John F. Kennedy

To answer your question, especially those of you who read this blog in Kazakhstan (we're not making that up!): "Yes, it was our intention to have this series of quotes from American presidents overlap with the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, which occurred on Nov. 22nd.

This is also the 20th anniversary of the release of Oliver Stone's controversial film about the Kennedy assassination "JFK." The year before, then-independent filmmaker Richard Linklater poked fun of Kennedy assassination  conspiracy theorists in a segment for his film "Slacker," filmed in Austin, Tex. JFK was killed in Dallas, Tex.

President Kennedy who hailed from Massachusetts is perennially ranked as the most popular 20th Century president, eclipsing both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.

Ironically, he has even been praised by conservatives who generally opposed the Democratic Party, which all of the Kennedys (also Sens. Robert and Teddy) were a member of. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died in 2009, was the last remaining Kennedy brother.

The right-wing spoof film "An American Carol," which generally got bad reviews, from the makers of "Airplane" actually included a positive representation of Kennedy, who was played by character actor Chriss Anglin.

Along with Robert Kennedy, JFK is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C. and the JFK Presidential Library is located in Boston, Mass.

Here is JFK's quote:

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable."

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org

http://www.jfklibrary.org

Ten Best Films of 1991- Slacker Changed Everything

The year 1991 was a groundbreaking one for the independent film movement, which has sadly been taken over by big Hollywood studios. And, films like "Slacker" and "My Own Private Idaho" helped make the year the equivalent of 1939 for the indy movement. There were some good Hollywood films as well. Two which did not make the list are "Thelma and Louise" and "JFK."

Here is our choices for the ten best of 1991:

1. Slacker (Richard Linklater)

2. Raise the Red Lantern (China. Zhang Yimou)

3. Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch)

4. My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant)

5. Barton Fink (Coen Bros.)

6. Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)

7. An Angel at My Table (New Zealand. Jane Campion)

8. Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)

9. Bugsy (Barry Levinson)

10. Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese)