Lennon in Venice

0 Comments POSTED: September 4, 2006 20:22 | By: Thom Powers
Matt Dentler's ever-alert blog tipped me off to Peter Bradshaw's thorough coverage of the Venice Film Festival in the Guardian.

Here's an excerpt where Bradshaw discusses The US vs John Lennon, which will have its North American premiere at TIFF on Saturday, Sept 9. Bradshaw writes:

Leaf and Scheinfeld's film about Lennon seeks to retrieve him from the cynical view promoted by the 1988 Albert Goldman biography, and unapologetically cries up the former Beatle as an alternative radical and idealist. There is some telling footage of British reporters, such as Donald Zec of the Mirror, interviewing John and Yoko in their bed and attempting to mock - only to find that Lennon was a black belt in taking the mickey. His image was cheered to the echo here by the festival-goers, on red-alert to approve all anti-establishment views.

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