Thursday, June 23, 2011

I Met The Walrus

This short animated film is based on an interview of the famous musician John Lennon in 1969 by 14 year-old Jerry Levitan. In 2006 the recording of the interview was edited by Josh Raskin into a 5 minute dialogue and handed to two artists, James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina, to illustrate and animate a short to correspond with the audio of the interview. The result was the short "I Met the Walrus." The film won several awards including Best Animated Short by the American Film Institute and a nomination for the same award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. 

Being an enormous Beatles fan as well as a lover of animation this film definitely resonates with me. I hope after seeing it you feel the same way. For more information about the film check out their site.


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