JFK related, but apt for all conspiracies...

[Ascalon]

This is a lovely little film about the Umbrella Man in Dealey Plaza, that bright November morning in 1963.

And while this deals with the details of the JFK assassination, it pertains to all conspiracies, especially those restrospectively investigated from a distant present.

It's a little gem.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/11/21/opinion/100000001183275/the-umbrella-man.html

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[Pete Younger]

Fascinating, thanks for posting.

 

[Spookdaddy]

This is a lovely little film about the Umbrella Man in Dealey Plaza, that bright November morning in 1963.

And while this deals with the details of the JFK assassination, it pertains to all conspiracies, especially those restrospectively investigated from a distant present.

It's a little gem...

Fantastic - thanks for the link. Errol Morris does this kind of thing beautifully.

I've often speculated that the simple act of observation creates mystery - and that if you stare too long and too hard at something you will start to see goblins.

 

[Bigfoot73]

Excellent. The last thing an assassination team would do would be as obvious as the Umbrella Man, he was just a fortuitous marker for the shooters to range their sights on.
Same thing as the clean and tidy young homeless men being escorted out of the railway yards by the police: they really were young and homeless and had just stayed in a hostel where they got a wash and brush-up and a new outfit of donated clothes.

 

[Spookdaddy]

...The last thing an assassination team would do would be as obvious as the Umbrella Man, he was just a fortuitous marker for the shooters to range their sights on...

Not to mention that the road sign he's stood next to would work just as well, and doesn't look as ridiculously incongruous.