In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message.
The Beatles actually wrote that song after John Lennon claimed that they had become so famous that the people would listen to anything they wrote, even if he deliberately tried to make it as nonsensical as possible. Ironically, it seemed to cater to the tastes of the day.
On December 10 2008 19:42 jgad wrote: The Beatles actually wrote that song after John Lennon claimed that they had become so famous that the people would listen to anything they wrote, even if he deliberately tried to make it as nonsensical as possible. Ironically, it seemed to cater to the tastes of the day.
word!
when i say he was the walrus (maybe) i only mean that, bizarrely, it was and is the subject of much debate.
John Lennon was such a cool guy, he loved music and writing it. I guarantee there are very few modern rock stars that would do that with a fan who was that dedicated.
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