I Met The Walrus (animated video of dialogue with John Lennon)

Brent Marcus of Current points us to a pretty cool animated version of a 30-year-old interview with John Lennon.

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. 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.

I Met The Walrus (Current)

[#1 posted by mcshed , December 9, 2008 8:05 AM]

Here's another clue for you all,
The Walrus was Paul

[#2 posted by Frank W , December 9, 2008 8:09 AM]

Today's most beautiful thing. Thanks for sharing.

[#3 posted by Gadgets123 , December 9, 2008 8:30 AM]

Fantastic artwork! And what a cool story about the kid getting the interview while the NY Times goes wanting. Foreshadowing the internet revolution.

As for the content of what Lennon had to say..."Shut up and sing." What mindless drivel.

[#4 posted by xumb , December 9, 2008 8:37 AM]

man, this is old news! http://www.ilovenewwork.com/2008/07/10/john-lennon/

[#5 posted by UncleLaszlo , December 9, 2008 9:02 AM]

was nominated for an oscar

[#6 posted by Bionicrat2 , December 9, 2008 9:35 AM]

Marvelous.

[#7 posted by vamidus , December 9, 2008 10:32 AM]

...BUT WHEREZ MAH BUKKIT??

[#8 posted by skatanic , December 9, 2008 11:22 AM]

Hahaha, Canada = Nothing. It made me chuckle.
Before i started watching this i thought i turned off the internet radio i was listening to but i guess i didn't. So i got about a minute into it and i was thinking, the animation is really cool but its hard to hear John over the soundtrack (Fleet Foxes btw). So i was going to come look at the comments to see if anyone else was having the same problem, then i realized my mistake and laughed out loud.

[#9 posted by ridl , December 9, 2008 12:40 PM]

i liked it and it made me happy.

and gadgets@3... good luck getting all them blue meanies off your back...

[#10 posted by padster123 , December 9, 2008 3:53 PM]

Really beautifully done animation. And the interview - well, I'm not a mad Lennon fan (Oasis put me off, ha ha) but he really does come across pretty well.

[#11 posted by JDubsMontreal , December 10, 2008 11:17 AM]

Lennon's bed-in and resulting interview took place in Montreal. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed-In#Montreal_Bed-in