The story behind this video is that in 1969, a 14-year-old aspiring reporter named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto with some bulky recording equipment apparently strapped to his chest (this was the ’60s, after all). In a bizarrely “Almost Famous” moment, he was invited to sit down with John and Yoko and conduct an interview. Using the original audio from that recording, Levitan enlisted the help of director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite to weave the above animated short, which is appropriately called “I Met the Walrus.” After being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short in 2008, Levitan went on to write a book about his experience, which you can find over at Amazon.
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alexander the great // June 14, 2009 at 6:55 pm |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Umu-7SAVTg
Something to think about with RUN THC in mind: Lamar Odom’s post-retirement NORML album, I think Ron Artest would certainly get involved.
What is it about twitter aggregating that scares me so much in this media-filled world.
LoganMelissa_4viceprez // June 22, 2009 at 6:47 am |
This is stunning and lovely and makes me jealous, but also happy for young Jerry. Alas, I think the more important aspect of this post is that it was written by somebody named “tak4prez.” I am co-signing the poster’s opinion.