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John Lennon: The Last Interview

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JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW captures an extraordinary and intimate moment in music history -- the final in-depth conversation John Lennon ever gave. On December 8, 1980, Lennon and Yoko Ono sat down with a small radio crew in their New York apartment to promote the release of their album Double Fantasy. What followed was an unfiltered, wide-ranging discussion about music, politics, fatherhood, and life. Just hours later, Lennon was killed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the documentary presents the nearly complete interview for the first time, framed by reflections from those who were present, revealing a man at the height of his creative and personal powers, openly looking toward the future he would never see.

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Jonathan Romney Screen International 9h
There’s some enlightening substance and much poignancy in the words of John Lennon and Yoko Ono -- but also much egregious AI-created visual ugliness -- in John Lennon: The Last Interview. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety 2d
What’s bittersweet about “The Last Interview” is that it actually gives you a concrete vision of where John Lennon would have been heading had he not been felled by a madman’s bullet. Go to Full Review Vikram Murthi IndieWire 2d
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The artificial imagery in “The Last Interview” is universally indistinguishable from the type of slop that gullible Boomers share on Facebook, even if Soderbergh has dedicated more thought to its creation. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steven Soderbergh

Director

John Lennon

Self

Yoko Ono

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Dave Sholin

Self

Laurie Kaye

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Bert Keane

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Synopsis JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW captures an extraordinary and intimate moment in music history -- the final in-depth conversation John Lennon ever gave. On December 8, 1980, Lennon and Yoko Ono sat down with a small radio crew in their New York apartment to promote the release of their album Double Fantasy. What followed was an unfiltered, wide-ranging discussion about music, politics, fatherhood, and life. Just hours later, Lennon was killed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the documentary presents the nearly complete interview for the first time, framed by reflections from those who were present, revealing a man at the height of his creative and personal powers, openly looking toward the future he would never see.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Producer
Nancy Saslow
Production Co
Mishpookah Entertainment Group, Sugar23
Genre
Documentary, History, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 37m