“Thirteen Days,” 29 January 2010 (2000), VHS. We both enjoyed this Kevin Costner potboiler about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. I think they play it like it was, too harsh on Nikita K, but spot on about the US military’s desire to go nuclear and end the world. At least one gets a sense of where and why Kennedy began a rapid move towards sanity, a personal connection to NK, and a commitment not to blow the world up. . I recently read a book on Who Killed JFK and Why it Matters. I don’t buy the conspiracy so much, but I do see the sabotage at the level of policy. Anyway, Costner’s ok (accent a bit heavy) and the other principles work. It’s got the time and place right. My mom and dad called from London (they were on their first vacation away from kids in 11 years) to say they loved us and, essentially, goodbye if anything happens. Not fun times. This came recommended by some friends in diplomatic history