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Sundance '07: Let the backlash begin
When you can offend the guy who produced "Natural Born Killers," you should get some kind of prize.
But that's what the fine folks behind the 2007 Sundance Film Festival have done, by picking as one of its premiere films "Chapter 27," in which Jared Leto plays Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon.
Don Murphy - a respected Hollywood producers whose credits include "Natural Born Killers," "Bully," "From Hell" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" - posted this message on his web site, donmurphy.net, declaring he would boycott the festival because of "Chapter 27."
I would agree that a movie about John Lennon's killer is not the most promising of subject matter. But I'll reserve judgment on the film until I see it. As Roger Ebert has often said, you don't judge a movie on what it's about, but how it handles what it's about.
I do not worry that "Chapter 27" will do any harm to Lennon's memory. I wish I could be so confident that Leto's co-star, Lindsay Lohan, won't do damage to Park City's liquor supply.
This is only the begining....This article was in a Salt Lake City paper
Looking forward to www.rupee.us
F...Studdering John and Jackie
Thank you Howard "king of all media" Stern
When you can offend the guy who produced "Natural Born Killers," you should get some kind of prize.
But that's what the fine folks behind the 2007 Sundance Film Festival have done, by picking as one of its premiere films "Chapter 27," in which Jared Leto plays Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon.
Don Murphy - a respected Hollywood producers whose credits include "Natural Born Killers," "Bully," "From Hell" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" - posted this message on his web site, donmurphy.net, declaring he would boycott the festival because of "Chapter 27."
I would agree that a movie about John Lennon's killer is not the most promising of subject matter. But I'll reserve judgment on the film until I see it. As Roger Ebert has often said, you don't judge a movie on what it's about, but how it handles what it's about.
I do not worry that "Chapter 27" will do any harm to Lennon's memory. I wish I could be so confident that Leto's co-star, Lindsay Lohan, won't do damage to Park City's liquor supply.
This is only the begining....This article was in a Salt Lake City paper
Looking forward to www.rupee.us
F...Studdering John and Jackie
Thank you Howard "king of all media" Stern
Labels: beatles, chapter 27, Jared Leto, john lennon, movie, peace
posted by Howard at 10:54 PM
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2 Comments:
The point of the posting was that the asshole killer did it for fame- even if the film is great and sensitive, they are giving him fame.
EXACTLY...on top of the fact that this could encourage other insane assholes from committing the same type of crime.
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