For him to take time to talk so brilliantly and and in such an un-patronising way to a 14 year old was truly wonderful. This film should be broadcast on primetime television everywhere. Utter magic.

@JohnOShaughnessy

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely! That is the first thing that hit me about this

@Freshlygrazed

2 жыл бұрын

This film was nominated for an Oscar

@juanraro5210

Жыл бұрын

exactly, thats the kind of thng a humble person will do. Without humility we are nothing, and thats what made john a great human been. That over everything else

This is almost the coolest thing i've ever seen in my life. Gosh - John Lennon had a brilliant mind. I hope he still exists somewhere.

@anthonyfrancis2374

3 ай бұрын

Your listening to him!

Changed that kids life forever.

"Whatever you do, just do it for peace"

2:40 - "We're all violent inside, we're all Hitler inside, and we're all Christ inside; and it's just to try and work on the good bit of it." Using that quote for my essay about the duality of man. John Lennon RIP.

@AtOdinsCall

4 жыл бұрын

How did that essay turn out after all?

@BenWillyums

2 жыл бұрын

I wrote an album about the duality of man, but people think it's about time travel. It's on my channel

4:55 "...it's a pleasure man. Bye bye. Here's your album. Play that too". Wondering if he still has that copy John gave him.

@HamptonFarly

3 жыл бұрын

Play that to em’ as in play that to the kids who prefer the bee gees

This was GREAT! Way to honor a true man of honesty and PEACE! He wasn't always peaceful nor did he ever deny that he was violent-non violence is not the absence of violence-it is the enlightened struggle against the impulse to use physical force-or the mechanical militant force-to enforce your will or punish others who are against your will. This philosophical interview was John at his best responding to an honest and innocent admirer: intyelligent and sensitive and aware...a rarity for John with all the "Al Capps" and "Nixons" and "Chapmans" of the world trying to get at him!

The Beatles and most importantly John Lennon have change my life for ever.

An unbelievable amount of human wisdom was transmitted in a bit more than a five minute interview. It's as true today as it was back in 1969. Thanks for posting.

Really fantastic. Interview was great and presentation is terrific. Great work!

It was johns 80th birthday today, I didn't know it was possible to miss someone you never met..

Superb animated video; I loved it!

That was amazing. There are quite a few levels of brilliance in this. Absolutely amazing.

Who disliked this video? Insanity. This video is inspiring not only by what this great man said but by the sheer fact that after a young boy snuck into his room he was kind enough to have a real talk with said kid. No one would do that now.

i still laugh so hard when John says "Well those kids sound square, they just gotta get from under their parents wings you know." And a Wings album pops up XD hahahahaha

fuck me thats good! thats one hell of an experience to look back on. you interviewed an icon at, aged 14.

One of the best fusions of typography, graphic design and animation that I have ever seen. Fantastic.

I love this. John was and is still such an icon for me- I've grown up listening to his music and to his words of wisdom- I think this is beautifully done, and I'm glad that Levitan waited so long to release this wonderful experience that he had with Lennon that day. I think that Lennon himself would be proud that his words of peace still ring loudly decades later. LOVE IT :)

They had to take him down,he was dangerous for the stablisment.he was fearless and he was passionate and he had tons of talent.but he still around you know.they killed him but couldn't kill the message, after all he won.he is eternal.and he will keep inspiring new generations.you did it Jonny.

That is a beautiful message! I wish people could understand it more! When I talk about John Lennon, people think "Oh right, that hippie from the Beatles..." , but he represents so much more than that!

Love this!!!! Love the animation, love the views that John has, great questions. Very creative in every way:)

That was... beautiful. I only 14 years old so I never knew John, alive. I never knew all this stuff and how it was and just this... it gave me a glimpse at what was going on and what people fought for. And still fight for today. So thank you to Jerry Levitan, James Braithwaite, Josh Raskin and John Lennon.

Absolutely priceless from the content to the stunningly beautiful art. Thank you for sharing!

Lennon's answers in this are just astounding. The animation and pictures are brilliant, reminds me of the video for Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out, the old school diagrams and everything.

John is just so deep... You just have to love every word that comes out of his mouth...

Just heard about this today!! This is fascinating and touching! Too bad that something like this could never happen today! John lays out his entire political philosophy in this improptu interview that John was kind enough to grant to this young man!

that was brilliant and super fun to watch! god john lennon is just so cool in every recording

I love John and I miss him. He was so very powerful. Amazing man. Love his message. Love his music. Thank you for posting.

Speaking from a near life time of experience peace loving is the best way to live and I'm glad to see John Lennon felt the same

I like how "nothing" is written on Canada

John would definitely smile at this beautiful piece of art. How could he not? "WE ALL SHINE ON, LIKE THE MOON, THE STARS, AND THE SUN"

Icon... I was personally not a huge fan of the music (I do like it and appreciate it), but I am a huge fan of their message. Scattered or not. Bottom line is they pushed peace in their own way and in a big way and should never be forgotten for this. What a loss. Glad he is back in a virtual way and very cool of him to give a 14 year old the time of day after sneaking into his hotel room. You won't find many celebrities or anyone for that matter, that would do this. Massive respect for him.

"Violence begets violence" Thank you so much, young Jerry, for having the courage to ask questions and the creativity to record the moment. Thanks to today's Jerry and team for sharing this with the world. Does anyone have the transcript to share? #SeattlePeaceAlliance #MakingPeaceSeattle #AcrosstheBridge #worldpeace

People need to hear this today.

This is amazing!!! Incredible visuals and graphics throughout! Super well done!!

excellent interview with a brilliant songwriter and dazzlingly creative visuals to go along with it. love this

🐞 I Met the Walrus 🐝 In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan, packed his reel-to-reel tape deck along w/ him prior to sneaking into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto where he 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. Courtesy: Films for Action and I Am the Walrus Director: Josh Raskin Producer: Jerry Levitan kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKGGkrhvo5a0e84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKGGkrhvo5a0e84.html www.citizenbrooklyn.com/topics/music/i-met-the-walrus/

Goes to show how cool John was to take time out of his crazy schedule to sit and chat with a 14 year old kid about anything. Nice interview

The most inspiring thing I have ever seen. Thank you.

If you look long enough at anything all the answers are there, within it. Brilliant.

i love the part where he says they got to get out from under their parents wings and a paul mccartney album pops up XD

@yonatan_max_art

3 жыл бұрын

Burn!!

it's weird how you follow your mind with the intention of finding something that really has meaning and content, and out of all places i end up here, giving me all the answers i wanted from before i searched for it...

I think it's great he took the interview with one of his fans who snuck in! Plus it's a fantastic interview at that!!

FANTASTIC Thanx for sharing this with us!!!

this is incredible..

Brilliant - John was so ahead of his time. He's talking about the holographic universe here, and being the change that you want to see in the world - things that are only now coming into general understanding.

My favorite interview. The man made a lot of sense & was a visionary!

This is glorious. Lucky, lucky dude. This is so inspirational.

John Lennon had more profound things to say and thoughts to share than Paul ever had despite Paul being a good musician, it seems to me Paul just never was able to contain that fire that John Lennon continually contained since youth

@4EyedAnimation

8 жыл бұрын

+Mathew Gonzales what did John say?

@mdg1089

8 жыл бұрын

+4 Eyed Animation hmm did you not listen to the video? He spoke about the weapons industry in america

@voteZDLR

6 жыл бұрын

John was the more avant-garde, creative, albeit dare I say a revolutionary-minded genius whereas Paul was the hitmaker. Both geniuses in their own way but like... I dunno. It's kind of like the difference between Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl, even though that comparison is not 100% perfect and it's bound to piss a few people off (sorry for that). But it is kind of relevant in a way as well, both extraordinarily talented people but they also couldn't be more different in terms of their personalities and what drives them as artists.

@pimposki6232

6 жыл бұрын

voteZDLR: Maybe a better comparison is David Gilmour and Roger Waters (Paul and John, respectively).

@superflymoonwalker7308

4 жыл бұрын

Can you all please stop comparing them? Both were original and unic by themselves and we all can enjoy their beautiful music in peace, there's no need to say that 'this one is better than the other'.

"There seems to be a profound lack of people who fully appreciate the benefits of whatever it is that keeps people from kicking each other in the balls." So true.

Terrific interview. it's really great that you were able to hold on to that tape long enough to make it to you tube for all of us to hear. thanks for sharing that.

that was totally excellent, brilliant and way awesome! very very well done! Peace is the answer!

It's good to know that youth was using the word "like" in every other word back in 1969 too lol

Imagine being a fly on the wall at this kids school the day after this happened. 'Where were you yesterday?', 'sneaked into a hotel room and interviewed John Lennon', 'ok Jerry, course you did....' 😂

Increíble. Alucinante. Su voz, la constancia en cada letra y su fuerza en cada palabra, hace que este audio te transporte a cualquier época. Gracias a la juventud, y a la madurez.

I think I'm going to cry, happy tears. He is truly something to look up too.

"Help me by helping yourself" wise man, sadly more than likely these views were why he was killed

@lewisjones284

4 жыл бұрын

He got killed for not conforming to Christianity ultimately. Some people are so lost in their own beliefs that they will go against them without realising

@smnk3

3 жыл бұрын

What the hell are you talking about? He got shot by a guy who wanted to be famous. He even admitted it later in life.

@DamienDrake

3 жыл бұрын

@@smnk3 He also said in interviews that one of the things that galvanized the "need" for John to die was his open atheism. This isn't news.

RIP JOHN - Gone but never forgotten !

I don't know what's more amazing his music or his interviews. He had such a way with words. Brilliant!

Great animation. Not just illustrating the words but also (one version of) the thoughts flowing fleetingly between the words. Never saw an animation quite like this before. Kudos on a novel and engaging approach.

@PaulusCaesar

8 жыл бұрын

+James Puleo It seems inspired by Gilliam's work with Monty Pythons, which in turn was inspired by a number of older european illustrations I think. Although in this case they follow the discourse a bit more literally (well kind of).

so good

Wonderful!

WELL DESERVED awards on this video. It was an amazing piece of history illustrated with equally compelling visuals. Five Stars!

Well said. A message worth listening carefully to. A wondrous thing to have captured on tape!

The Walrus was Paul.

@felixmelendez5853

8 жыл бұрын

He's right you know

@TheGroucho66

7 жыл бұрын

I know that the eggman was a reference to the lead singer of The Animals called Eric Burdon. Apparently, Burdon told Lennon at a party how once he was cooking breakfast whilst wearing nothing but a pair of socks when his Jamaican girlfriend called Sylvia shoved an amyl nitrate capsule under his nose. When the fumes made him fall to the floor, Sylvia got a raw egg and cracked it over his belly. As the egg dribbled down to his penis, she then proceeded to give him a blowjob. Lennon was laughing and then, when Burdon began eyeing up some of the girls at the party, Lennon said "Go on. Go get it eggman".

@init4fun

7 жыл бұрын

Paul is dead. Miss him, miss him.

@michaelfloyd7482

7 жыл бұрын

paul is still very much alive,he's the only living beatle. .

@shabs8471

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Floyd Ringo?

"DO ANYTHING FOR PEACE". John Lennon knew. And we're all in this together...imagine...if we worked together.

so amazing! the animation was perfect to what he was saying! john was so smart and so correct! so many amazing quotes on here.

Amazing, and the video just makes it even better.

He's a legend. He created music about things he wanted to tell the people. thats why he didnt have to pretend to be someone hes not

Still as amazing as the day I saw it at (unnamed hipster film festival)

John Lennon's views they are so much like my own I took pleasure in hearing it. This reminded me of my nervousness as an 8th grader doing my first interview with a WWII survivor, just the nervousness and sense of at what this person has been through. I very much thank you for this.

i really like the style of the animation. its done soooo good

I love that they ever so subtly labeled Canada "nothing"

there is no such thing as a "better artist", there is only different kinds of artists. there are those who enjoy Lennon more, myself being one of them, as there are those who enjoy Paul more, and in their own minds and perspectives, both are the better artist, but really, they're both just two men that are artists, art is never supposed to be a competition, because then it isnt really art. Like comparing Hendrix to Slash, each person has their own stand on who's better, but they're both artists

The best video of John that I've seen, thanks

I love the bit speaking about what you can take from the music. And how you are connecting to the music.

"Girls are, without question, one of the best inventions of the history of the universe. Bathtubs are slightly better." I sure do enjoy your wit.

"what about paul, ringo and uh, the other one...george!" poor george :)

2 millions views, a magnificent message. There is still hope

very well done! great illustrations too!

Aww Canada was labeled "Nothing" lol

Why did you show Canada when the word "nothing" showed.....rude. lol

@aidanwoodford8195

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Kraft as a canadian i can confirm that canada does not exist

@Cody_Cigar

7 жыл бұрын

In austro-german Kanada can also be understood as "noone there"

@transce

7 жыл бұрын

I was just gonna say that. Typical American thinking. xD

@Freshlygrazed

6 жыл бұрын

Actually the people who animated and directed this were from Toronto, and Canadians have a sly sense of humour about themselves. Point and case Aidan Woodford's comment in this thread. ;)

@jimihendrix3479

6 жыл бұрын

Aidan Woodford my name is Charlie Woodford that’s wired

The concept of someone telling a story and then illustrating animation is brilliant.

I LOVED THAT! Excellent man!

Its funny how what we consider John's words as deep. Its just the truth. We accept and allow all the atrocities in the world. We are the ones responsible. Everyone is responsible for everyone. And how to change it? John did not really have an answer. But his and my words imply taking responsibility for what we accept and allow as the solution each one has in every moment. We are responsible for starvation, murder, rape, and war. Everywhere.

Paul was the walrus. ;)

@hw343434

2 жыл бұрын

“I was the Walrus but now I’m John”

i just found this randomly. what an awesome vid. it was great to hear what john had to say.

the artwork is... awesome!!!

that could easily be done in after effects.

This is very clever...! Very imaginative. Both John Lennon an the creature of the animation. Great. It deserves an Oscar.

this is brill, i've never seen anything as amazing kudos to you, man

great, beautiful work, congratulations

This was amazing!

GOD DAMN WHOEVER DID THE ANIMATION DID A SUPERB JOB! Also this interesting AF

the art in this video is bloody amazing

This short film is just brilliant. Respect

this video is excellent. very nice work!

that was fucken amazing! my heart is pounding from the epicness!!!!

Awesome. Excellent. Magical. Thank you all.

the animation is the best animation I have ever seen !!! Amazing