The US vs. John Lennon (documentary)

[abcdefz]

Crosses fingers (http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/theusvsjohnlennon/)

[b i o n i c]

my hero.

ever read 'a spaniard in the works'?

i cant wait for this...

[abcdefz]

ever read 'a spaniard in the works'?




Nope. Any good?

I flipped through a copy as a teen, but I don't remember reading it.

[b i o n i c]

i LOVE that book. it made me larf a loot that it did

[steve-onpoint]

"I'm just one of those faces."

Pretty soon we'll all be, John.

[Documad]

That could be great. I hope that it won't treat Lennon like a saint. A lot of the things he did and said were just plain stupid. That's what makes him more interesting -- he was just a human being who happened to have a platform at a crazy time.

I want to see the electric car movie.

[The Notorious LOL]

he used to beat the everloving shit out of his mistress when him and Yoko split in the mid 70s

[b i o n i c]

may pang? i'm not sure thats accurate. when he split with yoko he was on a tremendous drinking/drug binge. he did a lot of fucked up shit then, so its possible - but it sounds iffy. he was human

[Documad]

He hit the first wife too.

And he appeared in public with a feminine protection product on his head.

[The Notorious LOL]

may pang? i'm not sure thats accurate. when he split with yoko he was on a tremendous drinking/drug binge. he did a lot of fucked up shit then, so its possible - but it sounds iffy. he was human



Im human, but Ive never smacked a girl before. Dont get me wrong, John Lennon is the man but like Documad said I think this will make for a much better documentary if its raw and shows both sides of him rather than making him out to be some kind of musical Ghandi.

[Documad]

And I know that he was against the war. But it's not like there were loads of other rock stars who were supporting the war at the time. The bed-in was embarrassing and didn't do anything to end the war any sooner.

What's really interesting to me is that Nixon THOUGHT Lennon was a threat and that the US government wasted a lot of time and money dealing with a drugged up rock star and his crazy wife. That takes some big-time paranoia and distorted thinking on the part of some otherwise intelligent politicians. That's an interesting subject for a documentary.

[The Notorious LOL]

also interesting is the timeline of Mark David Chapman prior to the murder, he spent some time in Chicago which is completely unaccounted for.

[Documad]

Yoko acted crazy circa 1970. :p

[DroppinScience]

That does look very interesting. I wonder if they'd imply that the murder of John Lennon is CIA-related...

[abcdefz]

Watch the Dick Cavett Show interviews with them. She seems like there's a piece or two missing, but nothing too serious. I think she was just wilfully naive.