Goo goo g'joob!!

I just stumbled upon this clip of a new film called I Met The Walrus. I've always thought Lennon came off as a pretentious, self-righteous asshole -- George Harrison is definitely my favorite Beatle -- but this interview with Lennon is beautiful. In my opinion, the "peace" message too often becomes trivial posing for attention-whore celebrities, but John was an extremely intelligent guy. Despite his personal failures -- we all have them -- it's too bad he's not around anymore. Here's a little more about it: "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." I recommend you check it out!