Do you like The Beatles? If so watch Across the Universe. My friends have been talking about it since it appeared in theatres. But, with my head down as usual, I plodded on day to day without taking too much notice…until last weekend.
What a creative breath of fresh air is this movie! Julie Taymor reveals her brilliant creativity as the film’s director and co-writer. I had to watch it a second time and watch the special features DVD before I began to more fully appreciate the multi-dimensional metaphors.
The movie takes many of the most familiar Beatles songs and recasts them to tell a tale of the sixties and early seventies from a slightly different perspective. It’s the music that hit me first. I’m still singing. I sat in an all-day meeting at work yesterday with All You Need Is Love playing and replaying in my head.
Then I began to see the interpretation and how that is so brilliantly brought to life on screen. Not your run-of-the-mill Hollywood production. Check it out when you get a chance.
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