Grade:  B

Director:  Neil Burger		Released:  November 2002
Writer:  Neil Burger		MPAA Rating:  R
Players:  Raymond J. Barry		Running time:  88 minutes

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I'm sure the pitch for Interview with the Assassin went like this: "It's JFK meets The Blair Witch Project."  That's basically what you've got here.  An investigation of a man who claims to be the second shooter on the grassy knoll, filmed from a first-person perspective by the camera operator who is interviewing the man.

The style of the film creates a few old-fashioned suspenseful moments.  Other moments made me chuckle with their ambiguous nature, such that we don't know what's really happening.  Is he being followed or isn't he?  Is that a person hiding in the shadows or just a cat?

Raymond J. Barry's performance is worth noting, he comes across as extremely believable in the role of the confessing second gunman.  If there actually was a second gunman, this is pretty much what you would expect him to be like 40 years later.

- crocoPuffs