Many say 2016 is a fateful year for classic rock fans beginning with the funeral news of David Bowie's death in February, followed by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake (coincidentally from the same band who are actually planning an ELP trio reunion tour), followed by Status Quo guitarist, Rick Parfitt- until George Michael in December (yes, George Michael-1980s pop idol who is also a popular rock music audience).
Indeed, the 2016 that just passed still leaves good news such as the release of Megadeth and Metallica's latest album, also the announcement of the extended reunion of Guns N'Roses supergroup to mainland Asia (Singapore and Thailand) in February 2017. Nevertheless, there is still good news 2016 which missed the release of the movie "The Lennon Report" -a movie from the title alone you can guess to tell a story of a retainer supergroup of The Beatles, John Lennon.
The film is inexplicably lacking sufficient coverage despite the unique theme, the event behind the murderous nets of John Lennon in New York, 1980. With an intriguing title and theme, I originally suspected it would drag on like Oliver's "JFK" Stone (1990) which was made to peel away the mystery of death of the US President. Moreover, almost all the actors / actress (except Yoko Ono's portrayal) are deliberately not selected based on having to resemble the real person in the real world-similar to JFK's film production process.
Apparently not. The film "just" searched the dramatic moments before and after the death of the rockstar from Alan Weiss, the first news-producing producer to know the legend's murder. Although "just mengulik" does not mean this type of docudrama film then fall into a kind of glorification of the legend-one thing that is difficult to avoid if the filmmaker made a biopic movie piece that actually happened.
Narrated, Alan Weiss came home midnight from his cramped office while riding his motorcycle to his apartment. Naas, his motorcycle was hit by a speeding car. Weiss's wound was heavy, though he did not faint. The scene moves into an apartment in New York with the noise of ambulance sirens and police cars. Somebody was shot and police caught the sniper.
The scene then moves to Weiss, where he is in severe injuries when heading for the Emergency Room at Rooselvelt Hospital, the same hospital where the guardians are trying to save the life of a stranger who has just been shot.
Weiss occasionally moaned in pain with the remnants of his consciousness waiting on the bed, while the duty doctors finally first rescue the dying man. The camera switched to a boisterous operating booth where the doctor was trying hard to prevent more bloodshed from the unfortunate man with the glasses. Minutes passed the tense life of the man was not helped. The doctors, nurses, and assistants were bowed down. But they were shocked when searching the contents of his wallet, the man was John Lennon!
Their frogs were unintentionally heard in another room by Weiss. Weiss's Weiss's instinct is disturbed. Moreover, from the operating booth, he saw security guards and police officers who still shocked to mention the name of Lennon. Also, she vaguely sees Yoko Ono crying in another room. But Weiss himself was in severe condition, he could not get out of bed to call his news office. He swiftly notes what he hears and then tells the hospital cleaning service to call his office.
But the trip as "the first bearer of John Lennon's death" is not that easy. The hospital security guard who knows Weiss is a journalist trying to prevent the news that he said "not official" is not leaked so that the tranquility of the inhabitants of the hospital is not disturbed the arrival of journalists and the surrounding community who would be excited if you know who died was shot the mega hits "Imagine"
Director Jeremy Profe and story writer Walter Vicent is very good at executing this film so that the results are quite satisfying even if not watched the fans of The Beatles. It is said that the process is quite complicated because Profe to repeatedly remodel the story so as not to fall into the film investigation of the shooting of John Lennon. "John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and The Beatles, ah, already thousands of people make it, we have to jelly process it with all the data we can," said Profe to Billboard magazine, October 2016, when asked why lift Lennon figure.
With an unusual point of view, which raises a bit of a story from a major historical event, it's no wonder the film is praised in the events of the Boston Film Festival, Highfalls, and Newport Beach Film Festival-all three of the American indie film festivals. In addition to success in indie film competition, this film also had the honor of being aired on the event commemorating the death of Lennon October 7, 2016, where in the show also aired various other films reminiscent of the late Lennon.
Naturally, this film is less preached because it was first made for indie film festival film competition, in addition to the entire name of the supporters are not the famous names of Hollywood film world. But with all its limitations, this film is very daring with his foresight raised a small narrative of the first people from the situation that then shook the world, the last day of the death of the rockstar legend.