Wednesday, May 14, 2014
In class, a few days back (was it this week? I forget; nevertheless, whenever it happened) we were shown the Kennedy assassination footage. It was the first time that I was seeing this footage (keep in mind, I had already read Delillo's narrative at this point). From Kennedy’s initial wave to the public, the first shot, and the bloody head shot, everything was so unexpected. I was prepared for to see it, I thought, but I was wrong. Dellio was spot on about the narration. He narrated it exactly like the Zapruder film. Everytime it replayed, I kept rooting for Kennedy to duck down or something and miss getting hit. Every single time, even though I knew nothing could change it, still. Here’s the difference between Delillo’s work: when I was reading Delillo, I wanted Lee to not miss. I was rooting for Lee to get that anti-Castro, and no longer be a bird. And this is the what I hate about the Zapruder film: I’m in no man’s land now. I don’t know who to root for and why (make sure to help me out with that in the comments below guys, if you’re still reading). Video games used to be fun when I got awesome headshots. But when I saw an actual one, it shook me back to reality completely.
In class, a few days back (was it this week? I forget; nevertheless, whenever it happened) we were shown the Kennedy assassination footage. It was the first time that I was seeing this footage (keep in mind, I had already read Delillo's narrative at this point). From Kennedy’s initial wave to the public, the first shot, and the bloody head shot, everything was so unexpected. I was prepared for to see it, I thought, but I was wrong. Dellio was spot on about the narration. He narrated it exactly like the Zapruder film. Everytime it replayed, I kept rooting for Kennedy to duck down or something and miss getting hit. Every single time, even though I knew nothing could change it, still. Here’s the difference between Delillo’s work: when I was reading Delillo, I wanted Lee to not miss. I was rooting for Lee to get that anti-Castro, and no longer be a bird. And this is the what I hate about the Zapruder film: I’m in no man’s land now. I don’t know who to root for and why (make sure to help me out with that in the comments below guys, if you’re still reading). Video games used to be fun when I got awesome headshots. But when I saw an actual one, it shook me back to reality completely.
Mr. Mitchell mentioned in class the effect of Frame 313 and how it’s the key frame and cause of debate in the conspiracy theories; I totally understand why that Frame was hidden from the public for over a decade after the assasination. That is the scene where the blood from Kennedy’s head comes rushing out, a really horrifying seen. I let out a little gasp, I remember vividly, everytime I saw that Frame-- it just has that aura to it. And Delillo has been trying to build (not even trying, just saying has built would be correct, I think) this aura from the beginning of the book, with the dated and placed chapters (may I add, yes I will, I never knew Lee had traveled so far internationally like that (isn’t that rare for that time period?)).
Meanwhile and interestingly, in other news, I just came across this CNN video relating to letters from Jackie Kennedy (it’s interesting, I have found stuff relating to the books that we have read all semester in some way on the recent headlines on CNN. Coincedence, or is the damn NSA?
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/05/13/lead-dnt-foreman-jackie-kennedy-letters.cnn.html 
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