The Killing of John Lennon
Dir: Andrew Piddington
2006
****
It took me a while to get into Andrew Piddington's The Killing of John Lennon, as it starts off quite slow. Style over content was my original feeling but then after 30 minutes it really gets going. Filmed on location and over three years, the attention to detail and fact is faultless. I really admire the makers of this film, for telling the story but never passing judgement or trying to explain the unexplainable. Chapman is never going to be popular and this film in no way excuses or glorifies his actions or insults the viewer by pretending to know why he did it. It's just the facts and what went down those last months in 1980. Impeccable directing and editing and passionate performances.