Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon
2022 · 0h 42m
Skip this unless you're a true crime obsessive—it's a documentary retelling of a tragedy that's already been exhaustively covered, and without scores or a clear directorial vision, there's no compelling reason to choose this over the countless other Lennon documentaries out there.
Plot
John Winston Ono Lennon was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. On the evening of 8 December 1980, Lennon was shot and fatally wounded in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. His killer was Mark David Chapman, an American Beatles fan who was incensed by Lennon's lavish lifestyle and his 1966 comment that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus". Chapman said he was inspired by the fictional character Holden Caulfield from J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, a "phony-killer" who despises hypocrisy.