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"The Lennon Report" looks at the focus on the efforts of first responders at the site of the shooting - and at the Roosevelt hospital where Lennon was taken.
I must confess that I find this focus on that senseless murder depressing. I can barely watch these films. I stayed away from that 2008 "Chapter 27" film.
There are lots of stories to tell about the adventurous life of John Lennon. Give me a "Lost weekend" film any day. May Pang is currently rewriting her "Loving John" book, because the editors removed so much from her original manuscript. A dramatisation of John Lennon's interaction with Phil Spector and the rock'n'roll gang in Los Angeles, including a visit from the McCartneys would be something I'd like to watch.
Or how about his retreat from the public eye following the "Rock'n' Roll" album, his house-husband days leading up to his Bermuda adventure?
3 comments:
I agree Roger, there is nothing new to learn about that night when so much of his last 7 years or so is a treasure trove of information.
Dreadful idea for a film. I'd rather see a 'John Lennon: Zombie Hunter' film than this.
I respectfully disagree. There are a lot of untold stories about these horrible events and too few authoritative investigative efforts. Ignoring these events, while there are still living witnesses and firsthand documentation available, would be a disservice to history. JFK had William Manchester's magisterial "The Death of a President" -- JWOL deserves no less an effort.
And I note that we have had a couple of "Lost Years" books already, by Fred Seaman ("The Last Days of John Lennon") and John Greene (? "Dakota Days"), neither of which is very trustworthy or informative.
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