NOWHERE BOY directed by Sam Taylor-Wood (2009)
Have you written 'Love Me Do' yet?
I think I missed the point of this movie. I get that it’s about how a fairly well-known singer of an even better known group but, beyond that ,I don’t understand who exactly it’s meant to appeal to.
If you were an alien landing on earth you’d wonder why we should be interested in this John Lennon character.
For reasons best know the filmmakers, the name of the group he was a part of after The Quarrymen is not named nor do we hear a single song by the Fab Four.
Yoko Ono consented to the use of Lennon’s song ‘Mother’ for use on the closing credits, an indication that she endorses, or at least doesn’t entirely, reject. the depiction of her husband’s troubled childhood. Continue reading
