domingo, 13 de julio de 2008

I Met the Walrus



Vía Rafael López Ramos

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.

12 comentarios:

LopezRamos dijo...

Wow que sorpresa!
Esto me lleg'o en Facebook de un amigo canadiense y se lo reenvi'e a varios socios.
Great idea to share it with our virtual city AT.
Enjoy!

Alfredo Triff dijo...

Gracias, Rafa. Me cuadró mucho. Es sorprendente el tino político de Lennon, dicho con un lenguaje claro y rockero.

Unknown dijo...

John es inolvidable. Creo que encarna un espiritu rebelde que nos ayudo mucho a soportar y resistir el embate del sistema.

Anónimo dijo...

LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED!

BUT SOMEHOW
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO LOVE!

IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS!
WE ARE TAUGHT HOW TO FIGHT, WORK,ETC...
BUT WE ARE NOT TAUGHT HOW TO LOVE.
IT SHOULD BE A COURSE
LIKE MATH OR SCIENCE!

Alfredo Triff dijo...

Thanks AM, for your wit expressed through capital letters.

Anónimo dijo...

YOU ARE SO WELCOME A.T.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME IN MY HOUR OF NEED, WITH THE RULES OF THIS BLESSED CONTRAPTION, IT IS MOST EXCITING, INFORMATIVE AND HIGHLY CREATIVE.

I LOVED THE TOONS AND THE PHILOSOPHERS BEHIND THEM.

IT IS SAD IT IS ONLY COMPREHENDED BY A FEW!

IT IS PERHAPS TOO SIMPLE FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO COMPLICATE THINGS.

BY THE WAY,
I LIKED THE IDEA OF ANONYMOUS...

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANANYMOUSE

BUT THEN I WOULD BE MINI"S RIVAL
AND I WOULD BE KICKED OUT OF DISNEYLAND, LOL.

I DO HAVE A SEVERE LOVE FOR THE KINGDOM AND IT'S PEOPLE.

THERES NO PLACE LIKE HOME!

WHEREEVER THAT MIGHT BE
DOES NOT MATTER!

WHAT MATTERS IS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE IT AS SUCH.

I DO NOT THINK I HAVE MET LOPEZ-RAMOS, I HEAR HE IS ALSO A PAINTER?
AND A WRITER.

I LOVE THE BLOG AND BOTH YOU AND ROSI VERY MUCH, Y TIMBITA TAMBIEN,
STILL READING!

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME!

william Rios dijo...

....la cosa no ha cambiado mucho suena actual...que pena que somos

Anónimo dijo...

I am the walrus
I am the walrus
I am the eggman!!!

J.L.

Anónimo dijo...

Estuve viendo fotos del show de Triff,las vi en Los lirios y se ve que me perdi de tremendo evento.Alfredo, hicieron algun video que puedan poner en Tumiami?
SLR.

La fe dijo...

Gracias Rafael. Que buen post. Lennon fue un emblema de la libertad.

Adal dijo...

rafa, esto esta super bolao mi ambia!

alguien sabe cual de los beatles cantaba taxman del album revolver?

quien es esa chamaca que va a cantar en tinta y cafe?

Anónimo dijo...

Naomi Klein on the Exploitation of Shock
II part video @ The Tavis Smiley Show

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080721/klein_video