Watch U.S. vs. John Lennon - and pine for such a strong voice
Netflix is my best friend right now. I'm catching up on all the movies I've missed while living in Minneapolis (NOT a first run movie town). Right now I'm watching U.S. vs. John Lennon. The movie itself was compelling. A stark portrait of life in the late 60s and early 70s in which John Lennon and Yoko were voices for peace. Inevitably talk turns to comparing that time to now, and I feel a kinship with those who opposed the Vietnam war; yet I feel even more powerless than they did then. The government doesn't listen, has never listened to us, those not flush with money and power and oil. G. Gordon Liddy is a trip, as he describes how he used a war protester's vigil candle to light his cigar, and then told him, "at least now you're good for something."
You absolutely MUST also watch the DVD extras, in which those interview delve even more deeply into comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq, between Nixon and Bush (they all say Nixon did NOTHING compared to Bush). Also included was Yoko Ono reading the letter she wrote to the parole board before Mark David Chapman's 2000 parole hearing. Yoko puts up such a hard front in most interviews, it was harrowing to hear her feelings in words about John's death.
You absolutely MUST also watch the DVD extras, in which those interview delve even more deeply into comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq, between Nixon and Bush (they all say Nixon did NOTHING compared to Bush). Also included was Yoko Ono reading the letter she wrote to the parole board before Mark David Chapman's 2000 parole hearing. Yoko puts up such a hard front in most interviews, it was harrowing to hear her feelings in words about John's death.