I Met The Walrus

Added: Jun 17, 2008

Duration: 5:15

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.

Channel: Film

Tags: animation beatles braithwaite documentary film girls intervie kurina lennon levitan pornography raskin short walrus

Rating: 4.84 (7426 ratings) Views: 914542' favoriteCount='16905 Comments: 3516

SplaydeXXI Says:

Oct 6, 2008 - Hakan Colak couldn't have said it better himself.

SplaydeXXI Says:

Oct 6, 2008 - John who?

ShotUrGoldFish Says:

Oct 6, 2008 - lol.. john lennon

jimsweet88 Says:

Oct 6, 2008 - People listen to John... stop fighting this silly nero kid who is here to rile you up. Peace is right war is not. Show your children. Inform those who will listen. Turn your cheek to those with closed minds. I like Lil Wayne but referencing him in reality is nonsense and most people realize that. Clearly america is not OK and we need to make strides even in our own lands. Let's stop talking division and start talking unity and organization.peace.

Messy1030 Says:

Oct 7, 2008 - wow..so enlightened by the graphics and words combined...

jpsplat Says:

Oct 8, 2008 - 2:04 I'm gonna help John by not going to school for peace.

RadicalNotion Says:

Oct 8, 2008 - i'm gonna piss for peace

hjavba Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - awesome animation and cool concept please add subtitles!!

varv0o Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - OUAHHH!!! W0o0o0oww!!

blubber Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - people from mr grahams class!!!! HELLOOO ITS SINA!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHA

perricida Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - "The Walrus is Paul" - John Lennon, Glass Onion, 1968

Sergentpeper1967 Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - They never really said who the walrus was...Both John and Paul said it was the other.

perricida Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - Yeah maybe you're right but on the other hand i can still use it to criticize the video's title (which was really the whole point)

nsayers Says:

Oct 9, 2008 - Wow! What a gorgeouso piece of animation!

ryguyi87 Says:

Oct 10, 2008 - that was amazing. one thing though.canada = nothing? hah

LapisLee Says:

Oct 10, 2008 - Happy Birthday John. You are still my hero.

pikespeaklibrary Says:

Oct 10, 2008 - That was fantastic. Thank you for making this.

hagar20102010 Says:

Oct 10, 2008 - This is the best video on YouTube.

rapture1004 Says:

Oct 10, 2008 - It's Funny how this was made at Ryerson University, in Canada

Kharen542736 Says:

Oct 11, 2008 - lawls

DianaArmstrongGonzal Says:

Oct 11, 2008 - This video is BRILLANT~

athensmdm Says:

Oct 11, 2008 - For the sake of it, they always messed around who was the walrus, but in the end, it was john. They even have been quoted to have dropped the line into "Glass Onion" to throw people off..but overall, its john. "I was the walrus, but now, I'm John" -God by John Lennon

DianaArmstrongGonzal Says:

Oct 11, 2008 - POWER TO THE PEOPLE....

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nero5000 Says:

Oct 11, 2008 - You know you are right Psi. (After reading over a few chapters and jogging through the World Trade Center Collapse wiki, links, Al-Qaeda genealogy etc.) This country is patching up its bomb holes with smoke from other craters. "No good, just good intentions." Those wont save us. Part of the reason Obama's in candidacy is because the Mongerers and Moguls know balance must be restored. With great power comes great responsibility.