LBJ

LBJ was a short avant-garde film produced by Cuban filmmaker, Santiago Alvarez. LBJ came out in 1968, and basically blamed LBJ for the assassination of JFK, Martin Luther King Jr., and of Bobby Kennedy. Alvarez used archival images throughout the film, as well as archival footage of speeches given. He also used subtitles because the film is in Spanish. Alvarez uses an owl throughout the film as well for some sort of symbolism. He never came out and said what it stood for, but some guesses could be LBJ himself or death. Editing and montage editing played a big role in this film. The juxtaposition of the images made some statements that could never be made by one object by itself. The correlation between the images really gives the viewer the idea that Alvarez wants to convey. Obviously the editing portrays his point of view in this film. LBJ is shown in a very negative light. There is also no real narrator, except for those giving speeches and the subtitles during those speeches. Other than that, there is music played constantly in the background.