Imagine

Although many people don't like IL' Yoko, "Imagine" should be seen. The famous 'chess scene' was the inspiration for the Austin Powers II bit and Yoko and John amuse throughout. Notable are shots where the two row in a boat with one oar, listen to stone monuments with stethoscopes, climb to the top of their mansion to look at a glass box, get lost in the fog, play one shot of pool shrouded from head to toe, and otherwise reenact just about every piece in Ono's masterful text "Grapefruit." Including 'Smoke Piece':

Smoke everything. Including your pubic hair.

1962 Spring.

Too much Yoko spoils this film, she is everywhere, and she also include 2 of her own songs, during the 'chess scene' there is a so called yoko song, witch is just her wailing for 5 mins but other than that the movie is fine john is great as usual but if he toned down the yoko apperance a bit it would have been better

Imagine (1972)

**** (out of 4)

If you've seen any of the John Lennon-Yoko Ono movies then you know that they really don't feature any sort of plot and instead they're just a bunch of images with a variety of different messages that you can take from them. This here is without question their most reachable film for many because it's basically just a long music video with the songs from Lennon's Imagine album played out.

After Lennon's death the opening video of Imagine pretty much became a staple song and it's certainly a very beautiful song and video. From here we basically see a wide range of things between Lennon and Ono. This could be the two of them walking through the woods. The two in a bathtub. There's even a scene of them playing pool. Those are the type of images that we see and all of this is just fine because it matches up with the music perfectly.

Imagine, Crippled Inside, Jealous Guy, Don't Count the Waves, It's So Hard, Mrs. Lennon, I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier, Give Me Some Truth, Oh My Love, How Do You Sleep, How? and Oh Yoko are the songs that are performed here and in my opinion all of them are quite excellent. The album is certainly the masterpiece from Lennon's solo career and fans will certainly enjoy this video of the songs.

Just imagine... a looooong and weeeeeird vodeoclip. Off course there are some interesting and funny surrealist moments, and soundtrack is mostly great, but a 20-minute cut would have been an excellent choice.

You might be disappointed if you think you will learn a lot about the "Imagine" album recording while watching this flick.It's experimental,as most of Lennon's and Ono's shorts were (remember:"self-portrait" "erection" "fly")."Imagine" is more of the same.All the tracks of the famous album (performed as on the record) provide the soundtrack ,with a "bonus" of two Ono songs ,including her lovely" Mrs Lennon" (which was obviously influenced by her husband's style).

What about the plot?There is none.What are they talking about? They do not speak ,except for the last minutes when they utter two words ,you know what I mean (see "the Wedding album").They wander aimlessly along their desirable property,go boating on the river,John does his number two,he plays chess with his wife -the sequence is a bit scary ,and a Yoko experimental cut makes your hair stand on end-.And while the notorious "how do you sleep?" is heard ,you can see grimacing masks on the walls :what do you suppose THAT means?Cameos by George Harrison,Fred Astaire and Jack Palance.No MacCartney is not among the special guests ,not even in the ominous "how do you sleep?" sequence.

Filmed during the last year of the Lennons in England.Actually,the most important is not in the movie:the legend only matters ,this legend which turned "imagine "the song into what should be the worldwide anthem to replace all our obsolete fusty national anthems.