Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling repetition of Kennedy assassination coverage—and repurposes them into a meditation on how the media tries to exert authority and apply a sense of order to the anarchic. And though it may sound perverse to say so, the film is also—not incidentally—a thrill to watch. -- The A.V. Club
Directed by Bruce Conner
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
John Connally
Self (archive footage)
Lee Harvey Oswald
Self (archive footage)
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
Crew
Bruce Conner
Director
Popular Reviews
22 reviews
suse
8.0★ · 01/25/26
CHILLS.
CHILLS.
Felix Wiseman
8.0★ · 01/01/24
jackie kennedy trigger warning next time please!
jackie kennedy trigger warning next time please!
Alfred HitchTOK
6.0★ · 12/15/23
A 13 minute short film examining the Kennedy assassination through repurposing of archival television footage, 'real time' radio transmission and frequent repetitive imagery.
The audio visual content is a mixed bag. Hearing some of the live play by play and eye witness reports are a fascinating capture of a moment in time that lives forever in the American (and Global) consciousness. I like the repetition of imagery also, a commentary on how these events are replayed en masse through media and our own recollection. The alternating black and white frames are a hard watch (and this coming from someone you all know LOVES Black and White) and could be genuinely epilepsy inducing so consider yourself forewarned.
Director Bruce Conner was an artist who worked in a number of mediums in addition to his work in film, including paint, sculpture and photography. In 1967, the same year that Report was released, Artforum magazine published a five page piece detailing Conner's making of a peanut butter, banana, bacon, lettuce, and Swiss cheese sandwich, reported step-by-step in great detail, with numerous photographs.
A 13 minute short film examining the Kennedy assassination through repurposing of archival television footage, 'real time' radio transmission and frequent repetitive imagery.
The audio visual content is a mixed bag. Hearing some of the live play by play and eye witness reports are a fascinating capture of a moment in time that lives forever in the American (and Global) consciousness. I like the repetition of imagery also, a commentary on how these events are replayed en masse through media and our own recollection. The alternating black and white frames are a hard watch (and this coming from someone you all know LOVES Black and White) and could be genuinely epilepsy inducing so consider yourself forewarned.
Director Bruce Conner was an artist who worked in a number of mediums in addition to his work in film, including paint, sculpture and photography. In 1967, the same year that Report was released, Artforum magazine published a five page piece detailing Conner's making of a peanut butter, banana, bacon, lettuce, and Swiss cheese sandwich, reported step-by-step in great detail, with numerous photographs.
