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Imagine: John Lennon

Imagine: John Lennon (1988)

October. 07,1988
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The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.

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Vashirdfel
1988/10/07

Simply A Masterpiece

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Lawbolisted
1988/10/08

Powerful

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Actuakers
1988/10/09

One of my all time favorites.

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Intcatinfo
1988/10/10

A Masterpiece!

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dbdumonteil
1988/10/11

..... and I'm still thinking of what we lost twenty -six years ago.When I think of all the great songs that never were...The film begins with the wistful tuneful "real love" which the three other Beatles reworked on the second volume of the anthologies . It's a pretty good documentary although it does not really do the great artist justice.The most interesting moment is the argument with cartoonist Al Capp -who had already made a satirical comic strip about Joan Baez (Joanie Phonie) and was not probably exactly what people called "liberal" - But there are also interesting scenes during the "imagine" album sessions.Released at the same time as the obnoxious Goldman's trashy book -which I also read and found disgusting-,"Imagine' is a must for any Lennon fan.But once again,THE film about the working class hero remains to be made.

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randyhndrsn
1988/10/12

The Beatles are my favorite band, and this movie is a great documentary about john Lennon and his genius.I have watched this movie several times and it never gets old, the rare footage is excellent and just absolutely great for a Beatles fan to see.It might be just because i love the Beatles, but i think this is a awesome movie and a really cool one to watch.You learn a lot about john Lennon, and you see things to dislike about him and things to like about him and it is all very interesting to watch.My favorite parts are the early parts of the movie, where they show footage of the Beatles coming to America and people going crazy to see them.I also love the footage of there last concert, on the roof in Liverpool and many great things are in it.Like you see john recording songs and working on them, also many parts show him arguing about peace and what his true opinion of things were.It is terrible that john Lennon was shot, but i think any Beatles fan will want to see this.

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MovieMan0283
1988/10/13

As a big Beatles fan, I've seen lots of documentaries and shows about them; but this one has a lot of stuff I've never seen before, mostly because it focuses on John. The music of course is fantastic as always but what's most valuable is the candid looks we get at Lennon. A vagrant, probably stoned, confronts Lennon at his home in England, asking what the different lyrics mean and the ex-Beatle tries to talk some sense, comforting the confused man, and inviting him inside for a meal. It's even eerier considering what a later confused fan was to do. And some of the strongest parts of the film are long sequences of John confronting someone over his antiwar politics and tactics. Particularly Al Capp, famous cartoonist of "L'il Abner" who proves to be a royal a**hole here, insulting Yoko and John stays surprisingly level-headed throughout. It's a really dynamic scene. He actually loses his temper more when confronted by a NY Times reporter who tells him how immature it was for him to send back the MBE; he shouts back that maybe she liked the old him, the mop-tops and A Hard Day's Night but she needs to grow up. And finally, there's some footage taken not long before Lennon's death when a young man is thrilled to meet him, asking inevitably "When are you guys gonna get back together?" Little did he know that in a few days (or weeks, I'm not sure when this was taken) that dream would be shattered once in for all.

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Petri Pelkonen
1988/10/14

The 9th day of October in 1940 a great man called John Lennon was born.That was the time when an idiot called Adolf Hitler was in control. The 8th day of December in 1980 an idiot called Mark Chapman shot John Lennon to death.That was 20 years ago.John Lennon was a man of peace.For years he fought for it.He was against the war of Vietnam and Nixon.The wars still ain't over.He was in the legendary band called The Beatles.John once made some religious people mad by saying they were bigger than Jesus.I'm not saying they were but they got pretty close. The music of The Beatles will never die.In the 70's he did some solo projects.In the late 60's John married a Japanese artist called Yoko Ono.Many people blamed Yoko for finishing the tale of The Beatles.I wouldn't.They loved each other but people just couldn't allow that.Some people can be stupid.Imagine:John Lennon from 1988 is an interesting look at the master's life.It includes some brilliant musical material and people who were close to him tell their stories.You can see Yoko Ono, Julian, Sean and Cynthia Lennon there with some others.Then there are some great home videos with John Lennon and the family.I really enjoyed watching this documentary.And so will you if you are a true fan of John Lennon.Long live Mark Chapman behind bars!

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