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Imagine: John Lennon

1988 · 100 min

An intimate, music-filled portrait that feels like a warm, candid conversation with a complex icon, tinged with sadness.

Tagline: Discover John... the angry youth, the musician, the radical, the husband, the father, the lover, the idealist... through his own words
Overview: The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Music, celebrity, identity, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
celebrity
identity
love
family
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild