| SHOWTIME | Season Premiere Date: November 6, 2022 |
Summary:
The four-part documentary series from directors Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott about the life of actress Lana Clarkson and how music producer Phil Spector was convicted of her murder.
[Premieres on the Showtime app and on-demand on 4 Nov 2022 and on the Showtime network on 6 Nov 2022]
[Premieres on the Showtime app and on-demand on 4 Nov 2022 and on the Showtime network on 6 Nov 2022]
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
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Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E4. How Will You Remember Me?
Air Date: November 27, 2022
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S1:E3. A House of Blues
Air Date: November 20, 2022
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S1:E2. California Dreams
Air Date: November 13, 2022
Nov 3, 2022
The documentary does an excellent job of telling the story of Spector’s music career — economically but with sufficient context, and soundtracking, to understand both the textured quality of his music and the hell his performers went through to achieve it. ... But it’s in the parallel telling of Spector’s and Clarkson’s stories that “Spector” distinguishes itself within its genre. ... “Spector” corrects the record, not by inflating Clarkson’s work, but by illustrating the person that she was, in intriguing and moving counterpoint to her convicted killer. ... Viewers will not come to love Phil Spector, and that’s not the goal here. But will certainly know him.
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Nov 4, 2022
Nov 3, 2022
Phil Spector provides another cautionary tale about legacy – and what will lead one’s obituary – thanks to the four-part “Spector,” which seeks contextualize the producer’s musical genius in order to emphasize his erratic behavior and eventual murder conviction. Perhaps most notably, this Showtime docuseries gives near-equal time to victim Lana Clarkson, including how the media posthumously denigrated her.
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Nov 4, 2022
The Times
Jan 10, 2023
Nov 17, 2022
Nov 6, 2022
The documentary is awash in questionable decisions that left me scratching my head instead of wanting to engage with any of the challenges in its portrait. There are weird aesthetic choices, limitations of structure and drawbacks to the self-selecting talking heads. Plus I’d argue that the choice of how to end the documentary undermines almost everything that came before.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: November 6, 2022
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S1:E4. How Will You Remember Me?
Air Date: November 27, 2022
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S1:E3. A House of Blues
Air Date: November 20, 2022
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S1:E2. California Dreams
Air Date: November 13, 2022
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Season 1 Overview