I Met the Walrus
April 17th, 2010 1 Comment » RSS 2.0 Pingback
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. I think it’s exceptional in lots of ways. [click out to full screen for best effect]
” In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short and won the 2009 Emmy for ‘New Approaches’ (making it the first film to win an Emmy on behalf of the internet). ”
April 29th, 2010 at 8:43 am
fantastic short film. lennon was a true revolutionary. he is so right when he says that violence produces violence and the only way to protest is in the peaceful demonstration. thanks so much for posting this, very inspiring. his thoughts made me think about ‘imagine’ immediately.. btw great workshop in uni yesterday, couldn’t manage to come unfortunately.