October 3, 2009

I Met The Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short.

3 comments:

Laura Salazar said...

That is so cool, how he was able to get into John Lennon's hotel room without being caught. He could have been sent to jail, but thankfully that didn't happen. This animated short is interesting and what is being said is amazing. I like how when there is words being said, the animation does what the words say. This is so cool.

mtobin said...

That's one of the coolest videos I've seen lately!! did it win the academy award?

Vanessa Jauregui said...

this video amazed me! i cant imagine him getting caught. that would have been very bad!