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PBS - Jackie - Behind the Myth (1999)
English | AVI | XVID 1503 kbps 25 fps | 720 x 480 | MP3 128 kbps 44 KHz Stereo | 1h54mns | 1.32GB
Genre: Documentary
Jackie O. never wrote an autobiography. "Life comes first," she said. This two-hour documentary tries to find the Jackie behind the headlines and deftly uses the press coverage she came to scn to create a full-bodied profile. Jackie seems to be guiding the video through excerpts from her journal, which a narrat gives voice to. The film footage is focused on her--her 1953 wedding to John F. Kennedy, being interviewed in French, leading a television tour of the White House, riding an elephant while visiting Nehru, later in life campaigning to save Grand Central Station. The production also covers familiar turf--the Kennedy and King assassinations, her marriage to Onassis--but it is fascinating to hear the wds she wrote about these events and the interviews from big names who knew her then. Personal histical documents provide poignance, such as a poem she wrote f JFK on their first anniversary. "The trouble with me, I'm an outsider, and that's a very hard thing to be in American life," she wrote. This video is a rare, intelligent glimpse of one of the most famous and private women of our time. --Valerie J. Nelson |
