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The Man who shot John Lennon
- Title
- The Man who shot John Lennon [videorecording] / Kevin Sim, Yorkshire TV.
- Publication
- New York : Wombat, 1989.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | VTH 1571 M | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- This documentary probes the mind of Mark David Chapman, who on December 8, 1980 shot former Beatle John Lennon. Using the testimony of friends, co-workers and police tapes of Chapman's confession, the film traces the murderer's adolescence and adulthood, his cycles of depression and his obsession with Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the rye who became his alter ego. This study of a mind breaking under stress raises disquieting questions regarding the power of the media, gun control, mental illness and the rights of public personalities.
- Subject
- Credits (note)
- Director, Derek Jones.
- Title
- The Man who shot John Lennon [videorecording] / Kevin Sim, Yorkshire TV.
- Imprint
- New York : Wombat, 1989.
- Credits
- Director, Derek Jones.
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- Added Author
- Jones, Derek.Yorkshire Television.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 1571 M