JFK and the search for the real truth

One of the biggest questions I came away from the JFK movie with was why Oliver Stone chose to make some of the conspiracy theories seem so explicitly clear.  By the end of the movie, it seemed that the main character and the film were arguing for the government to reveal of the truth as to the details of the JFK assassination, as well as any other secrets that may be held from the American public.  He does not seem to claim to know exactly how any of it happened or who did what, nor does he seem to make that the central focus of his closing monologue.  However, he IS sure of the fact that a conspiracy took place, and he demands the truth.  So, if the main theme of the film is the quest for the truth, which cannot be abandoned, why did the director feed us such an explicit idea of what really happened, with the inter-government coop?   With the government “Agent X” who details the corruption and secrecy of the different military agencies?  This seems to give his audience another speculatory take on the situation, and yet portrays this take as the truth, which we should believe as viewers.  This seems to go against Stone’s final argument and parting declaration, that we should settle for nothing less than the truth and the documents to prove it from the mouth of the government itself.  Perhaps Stone desired for this speculatory conspiracy theory to seem real enough to spark action in his viewers?

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