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Lennon Movies
Dec. 9th, 2010 04:13 pmFollowing ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rfmcdpei's review of "Nowhere Boy," I will add to the John Lennon film list.
The Hours and the Times is a small indie film about a trip John Lennon took to Barcelona with then Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein and what may or may not have happened.
In addition to the wonderful portrayal of Lennon, the movie offers a fascinating portrait of Epstein, a gay, Jewish Brit who grew up in wealth but doesn't feel he has any place where he truly fits in. He is infatuated with John, with his energy, his brilliance, his darkness, and Lennon clearly responds to this affection. It is a time of his life when Lennon, who grew up in humble circumstances, is learning what it means to be famous and well-off, and trying to soak up experiences as they are presented to him. Will he soak up Epstein's clear offer of sexual adventure?
Interestingly, Ian Hart, who plays Lennon, got to reprise the role 3 years later in the much bigger budget Beatles-in-Hamburg pic, "Backbeat."
Watch it on YouTube before someone makes them take it down.
Next, I have to rent the Christopher Ecclestone John Lennon flick, "Lennon Naked." In fact, there are now four movies with Lennon as a character, from his teen years, to early Beatles, to late Beatles, to Dakota years, the latter in a mediocre made-for-TV flick called "Two of Us." (Oh, there's another one, too. "In his Life").
rfmcdpei's review of "Nowhere Boy," I will add to the John Lennon film list.The Hours and the Times is a small indie film about a trip John Lennon took to Barcelona with then Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein and what may or may not have happened.
In addition to the wonderful portrayal of Lennon, the movie offers a fascinating portrait of Epstein, a gay, Jewish Brit who grew up in wealth but doesn't feel he has any place where he truly fits in. He is infatuated with John, with his energy, his brilliance, his darkness, and Lennon clearly responds to this affection. It is a time of his life when Lennon, who grew up in humble circumstances, is learning what it means to be famous and well-off, and trying to soak up experiences as they are presented to him. Will he soak up Epstein's clear offer of sexual adventure?
Interestingly, Ian Hart, who plays Lennon, got to reprise the role 3 years later in the much bigger budget Beatles-in-Hamburg pic, "Backbeat."
Watch it on YouTube before someone makes them take it down.
Next, I have to rent the Christopher Ecclestone John Lennon flick, "Lennon Naked." In fact, there are now four movies with Lennon as a character, from his teen years, to early Beatles, to late Beatles, to Dakota years, the latter in a mediocre made-for-TV flick called "Two of Us." (Oh, there's another one, too. "In his Life").
