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Kevin Macdonald on Showcasing John Lennon’s ‘Political Engagement’ (and Recreating His New York Apartment) in ‘One to One: John & Yoko’
Kevin Macdonald on showing John Lennon's 'political activism' (and recreating his New York apartment) in Venice doc ‘One to One: John & Yoko'
“One to One” focuses on an 18-month period, post-Beatlemania and when the two had fled a life of luxury in the U.K. to hole up in a relatively humble two-room apartment in New York’s West Village, becoming immediate figureheads for the counterculture and anti-Vietnam War movements and go-tos for almost any activist group needing some celebrity support. Macdonald says that the project — his first as part of a partnership signed last year with Plan B — was initially brought to him as this charity concert, with restored and remastered footage, and remixed audio overseen by Sean Ono Lennon. The answer, as the film gradually explains, is “because of John and Yoko’s political engagement,” but also because of their rampant TV consumption (the plight of the special needs children was brought to light in a news report they watched).
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