Sunday, April 25, 2010

"Imagine: John Lennon" (feature) by John Lennon – ****

First released: 1988

Essential viewing along with "The Beatles Anthology", "Wingspan" and "Best of The Beatles". Although not intended originally, this documentary feature is an excellent companion piece to "The Beatles Anthology". It covers in great detail Lennon’s solo career from 1970-1980 with copious interviews and footage from his life and narrated by John himself culled from hours of taped interviews. My favorite scene is when the Lennons discover a homeless bum on their land and after John telling the man that he wasn’t writing to the man, instead mainly writing about himself or maybe Yoko, he invites the man in for a bite to eat.

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