At this point I knew that the official 'truth' was actually a convenient lie, just like the one explaining Lee Harvey Oswald's heinous act in Dallas. And then it became flat-out ridiculous when, seemingly overnight, a lot of very powerful people declared that they had the evidence to conclude that Agca had acted entirely alone. But the truth that emerged in the media - starting with Agca's past with the Gray Wolves to his possible involvement with Eastern European secret services to his supposedly flawless planning of the solo hit on Pope John Paul II - made very little sense. Slowly but surely, I was assembling the truth. Like everyone else at the time, I read as many articles as I could, and I watched the trial. This was a huge event that rocked the divided world and there was simply no way to avoid the drama that ensued immediately after it. This process made perfect sense to me, and I never questioned its logic.īut everything changed during the 1980s when Mehmet Ali Agca attempted and failed to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Then you could get the whole truth, but you had to do the hard work of researching the facts. All you had to do was compare their contrasting points of view and form the 'right' opinion. It was divided by the superpowers and as a result it was always easy to predict how the 'other side' will react to the latest political events the news networks covered. The world was a very different place when we had our discussions. I understood exactly what he meant long after he passed away, and the older I get, the more convinced I become that he was absolutely correct. This statement comes from a very smart man with whom years ago I spent a lot of time discussing all sorts of different political events. Region-A "locked".īehind every conspiracy theory there is an unproven truth. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Also included with the release is an illustrated leaflet featuring an essay by critic Nathan Heller and an archival interview with the director, as well as technical credits. The supplemental features on the disc include archival interview with the director archival program with cinematographer Gordon Willis new video interview with Jon Boorstin and more. Pakula's "The Parallax View" (1974) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
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