Coincidence 27
Late in November 2008, Showtime TV began screening the recent movie, Chapter 27 . I suppose it is being shown now because its broadcast is tied to the anniversary of the assassination of John Lennon on December 8th. Timing is everything. The movie has many intriguing moments. First some background. Chapter 27 is an independent film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman, starring Jared Leto and Lindsay Lohan. It was written and directed by J. P. Schaefer. Although it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007, it did not make it to a release in theaters in the USA until March 2008. It came and went quickly, as they say, because it was a box office failure. It retains its "made for television" docudrama feel, and so, perhaps, it is more fitting I saw it on cable. The film's title refers to Mark David Chapman's alleged obsession with J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye . The title implies that Chapman's killing of