The President and the Provocateur
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The President and the Provocateur by Alex Cox
The President and the Provocateur explores the parallel lives of John F. Kennedy, born into wealth and celebrity, destined for glory and a violent death, and of Lee Harvey Oswald, born into poverty and obscurity, murdered in police custody and convicted - without a lawyer or a trial - of the killing of JFK....
Cox has done his best to unravel the tangled mess of information and weave it into something resembling coherency with an eye towards as an objective a view as possible -- Richard Marcus * Seattle PI via blogcriticsorg *
Alex Cox attacks official line on JFK assassination -- Adrian Mack * straight.com *
compelling * Sabotage Times *
an original treatment of over-familiar material, a fine book, nicely written -- Robin Ramsay * Lobster Magazine *
Alex Cox attacks official line on JFK assassination -- Adrian Mack * straight.com *
compelling * Sabotage Times *
an original treatment of over-familiar material, a fine book, nicely written -- Robin Ramsay * Lobster Magazine *
Maverick British filmmaker Alex Cox is responsible for directing a host of acclaimed films from Sleep is for Sissies, Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker and Highway Patrolman to Death and the Compass, Three Businessmen, Revenger's Tragedy, Searchers 2.0 and more recently Tombstone Rashomon. From 1987 to 1994, he presented the acclaimed BBC TV series 'Moviedrome', bringing unknown or forgotten films to new audiences. He's also the author of X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker, 10,000 Ways to Die, The President and the Provocateur and Alex Cox's Introduction to Film and has written on the subject of film for publications including Sight and Sound, The Guardian, The Independent and Film Comment. ;His latest film, ;Dead Souls, based on Gogol's book of the same name, was ;released in 2025. The screenplay will be available later in 2026 from Kamera Books. ;
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842439418 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842439413 |
| Title | The President and the Provocateur |
| Author | Alex Cox |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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