🎬 One To One: John & Yoko - new documentary directed by Kevin Macdonald

[LordGoodgod]

So excited for the film, and to grab the RSD EP!

Posted about the previous iteration of this excellent material on Instagram, with a sneak peek of One to One...!

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[L0ve1safl0wer]

saw this today... Absolutely fantastic. Best film I've seen in a long while..well worth the wait since I got tickets!

 

[LordGoodgod]

Our very own @Sean on One to One and much more!

Sean Ono Lennon on ‘One to One: John & Yoko,’ Sam Mendes’s Beatles Films, and Life at 49

Kevin Macdonald’s vibrant doc dives into the activist years at a time when Lennon says it’s “harder than ever to keep an artist like my dad in the consciousness.”

www.vanityfair.com

 

[nobodytoldme]

Our very own @Sean on One to One and much more!

Sean Ono Lennon on ‘One to One: John & Yoko,’ Sam Mendes’s Beatles Films, and Life at 49

Kevin Macdonald’s vibrant doc dives into the activist years at a time when Lennon says it’s “harder than ever to keep an artist like my dad in the consciousness.”

www.vanityfair.com

Thank you for posting. Also included on this page is an exclusive snippet of the documentary. You can hear one of the telephone taps used in the documentary, and even without context I think everyone can instantly understand why this documentary technically is a masterpiece, but also a treasure trove for us hardcore fans.

There's a wealth of unknown material included in the documentary, from which some footage or even events (!) were unknown to even the most die-hard collectors. Remind me to share an extensive overview I made, but I won't do it until everyone had a chance to see the documentary in its full glory. The documentary is so much more than a list of tapes.

But regarding above snippet of 'The Luck Of The Irish' everyone can see now: it has great sound quality and it comes from pristine looking tape. It’s a bit upscaled/smoothened but still definitely from a much better source than even the most recent official publishing which was on YouTube in 2020 (link). There’s no tape damage and no constant interference as all those circulating sources. This isn’t solely the result of digital restoration, it's a much lower generation tape. No corner of the archives got left unscorched for the recent projects, and it shows in the love and care which went into it all.

 

[greenovation]

This is advertised as coming May 9 on AppleTV. So glad I don’t have to wait until fall!

 

[abeatlefullife]

This is advertised as coming May 9 on AppleTV. So glad I don’t have to wait until fall!

Great! Less than a month to go.

 

[ecclesofficial]

Saw the film today - wow! Fantastic, the restoration of everything is so brilliant. Really goes places, and plenty of Yoko!

One review I saw said you forget what year it is now and that’s absolutely true, you’re immersed in 1972 hope everyone gets to experience how great this film is!

 

[LordGoodgod]

Another excellent interview with @Sean!

Sean Ono Lennon on Working on the ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Soundtrack, and What the Doc Reveals About His Parents: ‘It’s Like They Were the First Reality-TV Celebrity Couple’

Sean Ono Lennon talks about reviving concert tapes for the new 'One to One: John and Yoko' film, and what the movie reveals about his parents.

variety.com

 

[LordGoodgod]

Director Kevin Macdonald talks on Channel 4 about One to One:

 

[LordGoodgod]

 

[LordGoodgod]

Director Sam Rice-Edwards talks about One to One:

 

[LordGoodgod]

 

[XonEarth]

Finally A Rockumentary Worth Watching | One To One: John & Yoko Review​

 

[Brian Of Nazareth]

About to enter the cinema for the film. Cannot wait and have been counting down the hours!

 

[Brian Of Nazareth]

Wow. I’m actually speechless and that’s a rare thing! It’s not what I expected. The Willowbrook part was heartbreaking and nearly had me to tears!

Well done team. Beautiful.

 

[LetTheFourWindsBlow]

I have to say this about the film before my brain boils to goo and I lose my shit:
I LOVED this film. It’s a really great example of balancing entertainment/art, advocacy, and culture. I mean, the remixed music (and remastered footage) was amazingly shiny and powerful — that was worthwhile all on its own. But the production blew my mind too, especially those mesmerizing interpolations of John and Yoko’s bedroom and television commercials. Talk about archiving the moment. Culturally, too, the film serves an important role of opening dialogue on issues and eerily reflecting our current climate. There’s a phrase that floats around about art and basically it says you can’t really define it, but you know it when you see it. Well, this is art, plain and simple.

 

[Brian Of Nazareth]

I’ve had chance to digest it. Hope you enjoy:


I left the cinema speechless last night. That was not what I expected. Just some thoughts.

Last night I watched John and Yoko: One to One and wow, what an experience. As a huge Lennon fan (like us all), it felt so exciting and special to see all the previously unseen footage of John and Yoko just being themselves on a big cinema screen. It’s like getting a secret peek into their life in the early ’70s, with moments I’ve never seen anywhere else. I even found myself chuckling at the surreal fly conversation about Yoko’s art piece – only those two could have a totally straight-faced chat about collecting flies as part of an artistic vision. I was sitting there thinking, “Yep… this is peak John and Yoko.” Also, little side note: I couldn’t help noticing how much young Sean Lennon looks like Yoko’s daughter Kyoko did when she was a child – such a striking resemblance!

The film really packs a punch emotionally too. One part shows heartbreaking footage of mentally disabled children being kept in the most horrific conditions – it’s gut-wrenching, and so hard to watch. But it’s important. Then, the film cuts to John singing “Imagine,” and that moment hit me like a ton of bricks. It was beautifully sad – his voice, those lyrics, right after such heavy scenes. Honestly, it stayed with me long after the credits rolled. I’m actually going back to see it again in the cinema this Wednesday – it’s one of those films that just stays in your bones. Fingers crossed they release it commercially, because it really deserves a wider audience. The whole film is set in America in 1972, but some of the issues they were fighting for – peace, justice, human rights – still feel painfully relevant today. It’s wild how little some things have changed. Definitely a must-see for fans, and honestly, anyone who cares about the state of the world.

 

[Euan Buchan]

Booked my ticket to see this film on Saturday.