Don't look for anything groundbreaking in this documentary now out on dvd. It's been known for quite a while now through the FOI act that Lennon was a target of the Nixon administration due to his political activities. The film details the atmospherics and circumstances surrounding Lennon's and Yoko Ono's deportation proceedings in New York. Not a lot is revealed that we didn't already know. Yoko perhaps unintentionally is portrayed as little more than an elaborate armpiece for Lennon through archival clips rather than the great muse and the woman "who broke up the Beatles". Commenatry is provided by the players of that era as well as by some individuals not even remotely associated with Lennon. G. Gordon Liddy unbelievably comes across as a half way respectable figure as an apologist for the criminality and excesses of the Nixon regime. Go figure. Again perhaps not the intent of the filmmaker. For Lennon fans, the film is soundtracked with his music.
Les Marcott
