I met the walrus
| Movie | |
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| Original title | I met the walrus |
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| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 5 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Josh Raskin |
| script | Josh Raskin |
| production | Jerry Levitan |
I Met the Walrus is a 2007 Canadian animated short film directed by Josh Raskin .
action
In 1969 Beatles fan Jerry Levitan interviewed John Lennon at a Toronto hotel and taped the interview. The audio track of the interview is transmitted in animation.
Levitan wants to know from Lennon what his current situation is regarding his attempted entry into the United States. Lennon realizes that they don't want him there because everyone thinks he's going to start a revolution. Others don't want him there because they believe he wants to create peace. He firmly believes that he will enter and replies when Levitan's question how the youth can help him that everyone should act in the name of peace. Everyone should ask a revolutionary when a revolution ever made military sense. Lennon calls for peaceful protest, as violence only creates counter-violence. At the same time everyone should work on their good side, since in every person not only God but also Hitler lives.
Levitan says that many classmates call the Bee Gees their favorite band and despise the Beatles as hippies, but Lennon says that these are bores who have not yet managed to break the cord from their parents' opinion. When Levitans stated that he believed he heard a message in the songs of the Beatles, Lennon said that there were always different messages at all levels. He had one in his head when he wrote the songs and later looked for one when he heard the songs again. The message is always above everything and nothing, and everything you think you understand is there too. It is like a flower that also combines everything in itself, which in turn can be seen if you only look at the flower long enough.
Lennon starts looking for a pen. He's talking to other people in the room. Levitan says goodbye to Lennon, in the background Yoko Ono wishes good luck and peace.
production
I Met the Walrus is based on an interview Jerry Levitan conducted with John Lennon at the age of 14 in 1969 . He was staying at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto for a bed-in at the time. The Beatles fan Levitan got to Lennon's suite and interviewed Lennon for 30 minutes, which he recorded on tape.
The interview was cut to five minutes for the film. The questions and answers were animated with pen and computer by James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina . Work on the film began in 2006 and ended in 2007 with Jerry Levitan serving as the producer. The film had its festival premiere on June 14, 2007 at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto.
The film title refers to the Beatles title I Am the Walrus, written by Lennon .
Awards
The film won a Daytime Emmy at the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2009 and received the Jury Award at the RiverRun International Film Festival 2008. The film won a Banff Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival.
I Met the Walrus was nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Animated Short Film ” in 2008, but could not prevail against Peter and the Wolf .
Web links
- I Met the Walrus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I Met the Walrus on bcdb.com
- Website for the film