I Met The Walrus: Animated John Lennon Interview

"n 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. This was in the midst of Lennon's "bed-in" phase, during which John and Yoko were staying in hotel beds in an effort to promote 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 traditional pen sketches by James Braithwaite with digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message."

(Josh Raskin)

Fig.1 'I Met The Walrus' (2007). Josh Raskin - Animator, Josh Raskin - Director, Josh Raskin - Editor, Josh Raskin - Composer (Music Score), Alex Kurina - Cinematographer, James Braithwaite Computer Illustrations - Cinematographer, Jerry Levitan - Producer, Josh Raskin - Screenwriter, James Braithwaite - Illustrator, Alex Kurina - Illustrator [6 minutes].

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