Let's get this group rebooted for 2008 with a meetup this Sunday:
THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON
Sunday, Jan 6th - 7:45pm showing/Meetup time: 7:15pm (see How will members find you? info)
Venue: the IFC center
(A-C-E-F-V lines/4th st station, front of train if travelling downtown and vice-versa for the uptown traveller to the West side)
Thanks for voting. "No" RSVPs could have voted too, since a number of people RSVP, vote, and don't show up anyway. So in future don't be shy with your cinematic opinions, it's still a democracy (here, anyway).
More about the movie YOU voted for:
A film by Andrew Piddington (director of "The Fall" featuring Soo Garay), 114 minutes.
Mark David Chapman was a 25-year-old narcissist who gunned down John Lennon outside his apartment in New York in 1980. Meticulously researched and filmed in the actual locations where the events occurred, this drama burrows into Chapman's psyche to explore a stalker's determination to achieve fame by the most horrific of means and his descent into madness and murder.
Interview with director (in print)
MOVIE website
THE GOOD REVIEWS:
"Harrowing... A tour-de-force performance!" - Variety
"Eerily effective dramatization." - Jack Matthews, Daily News
Now those of you who subscribe to other publications may have read some negative reviews about this film, and I've read them too. However, the majority seem to focus on a couple scenes that are basically the price of low-budget filmmaking. I'll list them here so you can decide for yourself if this will ruin the film for you:
A) Anachronisms:
When Chapman is riding in a taxi at the start of his first trip to New York, he is driven through Times Square. A number of stores that weren't in Times Square in 1980 clearly can be seen, including Foot Locker, a Virgin Megastore and Planet Hollywood.
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B) Errors in geography: During his first taxi ride in New York, they are driving through Times Square and Chapman eventually is dropped off at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. During the ride, the driver says they're about to pass John Lennon's home, but the Dakota building is on Central Park West and 72 Street. Times Square is in the lower to mid 40s at 7th Avenue and Broadway and the Waldorf-Astoria is on Park Avenue in the upper 40s, so to get there all you have to do is go across town a few blocks. The taxi never would be anywhere near the Dakota.
Movietickets.com (online ticketing)
[NOTE: The pick-up kiosk is located outside on the sidewalk to the left of the IFC entrance. The boxoffice also faces the sidewalk to the right of the IFC entrance.]
Basic agenda is to:
Pick a movie
Buy tickets in advance
Arrive early to find organizer
Get seats
Then concessions
Then watch film with cellphones OFF
Then gather at the entrance to the theater, wait for rest room users,
and head over to the final discussion destination
Order food, drink, etc.
Discuss film
Divide up check
“ My thanks to the Sunday nighters who skipped the football game and faced off with John David Chapman. My apologies for the late hour preventing an afterchat, I'm sure there would have been some fireworks from such a divisive film. I miss John Lennon, but whacko or no whacko, God wanted another Beatle in heaven and his days were numbered. At least Chapman was a good shot and John died before the ambulance arrived. Definite must-see for those seeking closure by entering the "head" of Chapman and following him from Hawaii (the big Pineapple) to Manhattan (the Big Apple). The good news is that he'll never be paroled as long as Yoko is still alive, so heres to a long happy life for Mrs. Lennon. ”
“ Gary, our organizer was sociable. Wish it were a better turnout ”
Nicoletta Delon (+1 guest)
Directing for Film, TV and Theater!
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