Nowhere Man from YELLOW SUBMARINE by the Beatles

[karadinart]

The classic animated film from 1968 with one of the best soundtracks in history, and one of the most neglected films - why? The company which owns the rights decided it had no audience and never promoted it until 1999 on DVD (it's due for a restoration and release again, hint hint). Rarely can you find a film that uses limited animation with such expression and scope, it’s beautiful and timeless, but better still, ask kids!

My ten and thirteen year old love it, even though they are fans of such sophisticated digital animation as Final Fantasy Advent Children, part of this has to do with the music and the script, which has quite a bit of the wordplay for which the Beatles, particularly John Lennon was famous - and you can’t get more adorable than Ringo Starr.

One of my favorite scenes, and yes, the lads take Jeremy with them on the submarine!

Comments

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

...I actually feel a bit high just having watched that. ;)

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Heh, particularly during 'It's all too much' at the end of the film.

[goodbyemyfancy.livejournal.com]

I've owned copies for years in whatever format, bootleg or legal, that I can acquire! This is one of my all time favorite films and J and I watch it right before New Years every year - been our tradition for 13 years now :) And I own the DVD and have been eager for the new edition.

My in-laws actually saw it when it played in Canada originally and have great stories about the audience interacting with the film :)

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I saw it when I was very very little, I just remember the Blue Meanies scared the crap out of me, it was the yellow chattering teeth.

But daughter and I agree, our fave scene is the Sea of Holes, and we think of course, Sherlock would approve of the Sea of Science.