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The Zapruder film has contributed to much speculation. "I always think conspiracy theories are more comforting to people. It explains and gives it a narrative whereas if you let it sit, it doesn't make any sense ... It's definitely more than a murder mystery. It's for a lot of people who are into the conspiracy stuff. It's saying something about a kind of moral rot in the country," Giamatti said. Based on the book "Four Days in November: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy," the film weaves the perspective stories of ordinary citizens, including the unlikely predecessor to what we know today as viral video. "The Zapruder film was the beginning of what we think of almost as social media, you know, when imagery goes viral it takes on a meaning that transcends itself," said "Parkland" director Peter Landesman. "The Zapruder film has been probably the most examined piece of footage in human history, and used and abused and used to come up with all sorts of crazy conspiracies. And really, it's the accidental home movie of a man who shouldn't have even been there," Landesman said. The film also stars Billy Bob Thornton, Marcia Gay Harden and Zac Efron. ___ Online:
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