John Lennon and Albert Goldman: The Making of A Bestseller part 8/10

Sometime after Albert Goldman's hatchet job biography of John Lennon came out, Britain's Channel 4 aired a film called "Lennon/Goldman: The Making of A Bestseller". The film, which was directed by Binia Tymieniecka, is a collection of interviews with some of the people who agreed to be interviewed for the book as well as with some others who refused to be interviewed. The film is an examination of the reliability of the information in the Goldman book "The Lives of John Lennon".

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[refusetolose103]

fred seaweed is no different than yoko.. they both try and use johns name to make money or did . and they both use the reason and say there trying to protect his legacy.. there really no different.. but iam sure also in there own ways they had love for him and are truthfull about aspects about him... but good and bad there really not much different in how they handle there interaction with john..

[refusetolose103]

@matooli good point you made, and i allso noticed thats it's just a personal judgement on her about how she took the death of john as strange and cold when i read seamans book i got an overwhelming sense of truth. but it's allso one's how they view other people reaction to death.you would think somebody who spent so much time with lennon would know that when some people died close to him he laughed.or when mal evans ashes got lost in the mail he made that you should look in the dead letter dept.

[winstono75]

@NeilFraudstrong Guess I may have heard of something like that before, but I figured since he's talking here and in at least one other documentary.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@winstono75

He is not legally allowed to discuss John's life publicly.

[winstono75]

@NeilFraudstrong There is not a lot of footage of Fred Seaman on here. If you know him, why don't you have him interviewed for your channel? I think he's the most interesting source of that period, would be great to hear more of him talking.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@matooli

You are entitled to your own opinion, but Fred only sold what was rightfully his. He never sold his photos to documentaries or to anyone. He didn't consistently "make money" off of the Lennon's. He only sold notes that were given to him as part of his daily affairs and in no way "stolen" or any of that garbage that the courts would have you believe. His apartment was burglarized and a lot of this so called evidence was planted in his apartment. I know I sound wacko, but look it up.

[matooli]

@NeilFraudstrong

(CONTINUED- 3:) The last thing I'd say about Seaman is that Charlie Swan & Albert Goldman were much harsher about Lennon in their books & they were never pursued through the courts by Yoko. She successfully sued Seaman because he consistently made money out of selling the Lennon pictures to documentaries & publications after a court told him not to- that's what kicked off the proceedings against him. That wasn't "crusading", it was good old-fashioned stupidity & GREED!

[matooli]

@NeilFraudstrong

(CONTINUED- 3): I always felt this before I had the first clue about any controversy surrounding the publication of Seaman's book. Ultimately, the whole problem regarding Lennon's final years is how people cease to see him as a HUMAN BEING- he was neither constantly depressed or happy. He had his ups & downs like anyone, & that's captured in Fred's book, which is why I read 3/4's of it once a year, & ignore its sensational aspects.

[matooli]

@NeilFraudstrong

(CONTINUED- 2): The even-handed tone of the book is also why the overt Anti-Yoko comments at the end (Seaman felt more hurt than Yoko about John's death? Please! Does he even consider that Yoko was in shock after watching John being shot to death- something the Yoko haters singularly forget?) are so jarring, as is the chapter where he talks about the theft of the diaries. It's like hearing a clear, confident voice that suddenly stumbles & you know that person is lying.

[matooli]

@NeilFraudstrong

(CONTINUED- 1): i.e- the RKO interview where he describes a typical day & admits that he sees Sean 2 or 3 times & not much of Yoko- not Lennon's fault that the interviewers bought into the myth! If they'd asked him more awkward questions he'd have answered. Indeed, there's actually nothing too OTT in Fred's book at all, which is why I buy most of it- when you look at the picture of Fred's diary in the insert you can see where his source material came from.