Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Jerry Levitan: I Met the Walrus



Wow.

This youtube video soothed, inspired, enriched, and practically spit-shined my chi.
I feel like I could watch this once a day for the rest of my life.


"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 about 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 the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit, and timeless message."




(via swissmiss via youtube user imetthewalrus.)

2 comments:

april said...

That was awesome.

Unknown said...

A really good animation and such an inspiring interview. Thanks for sharing;)!