JOHN LENNON DVD - JEALOUS GUY THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN LENNON 2020 SPECIAL

JOHN LENNON: JEALOUS GUY THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN LENNON 2020 SPECIAL DVD Jealous Guy, The Assassination of John Lennon aired on December 21, 2020 on Sky. The documentary spans the mid-60s to 1980, and then follows the story of Chapman’s incarceration, up to the present moment. Using archive footage and interviews with experts, friends and acquaintances of Lennon, it pieces together the musician’s fame and notoriety, not always the same thing, and places them within their cultural context. This era offers ripe material. While it might now seem baffling that, following Lennon’s comments that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, certain parts of the US would erupt into “Beatles-burnings”, death threats, protests and riots, it does have a peculiar contemporary resonance, particularly when it comes to Lennon’s subsequent attempts to understand the controversy. If there is anyone left with a desire to immerse themselves in the quagmire of so-called cancel culture, then watch the interview Lennon gave at the time, arguing that no one can keep quiet about their opinions on something like the Vietnam war, “unless you’re a monk”. He looks at the camera and gesticulates with his hands, jokingly preempting any new offence he may have caused. “Sorry, monks, I didn’t mean it.” Includes some rare footage from the vaults, including The Beatles in India in color, interviews with Bob Gruen, Kenneth Womack, Alan Weiss, Herb Frauenburger, Kim Hogree and others. Excellent quality, approx 90 minutes 9 chapters.