Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my open mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai guru deva om
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Saw Across the Universe the other night. It’s ridiculous. The movie is a musical using a ton of Beatles songs (a la “Mama Mia”/Abba or “Movin’ Out”/Billy Joel) to tell the story. The characters are, of course, named after characters from Beatles songs (Jude, Prudence, Lucy, Max, Sadie, etc). Liverpool Dock worker Jude (Jim Sturgess) travels to America in the 1960s to find his estranged father (he’s a WWII baby). Daddy works as a janitor at Princeton, Jude meets stereotypical Princeton rich boy rebel Max (Joe Anderson; think Logan on Gilmore Girls). Max takes Jude home to the fam, where our loveable Brit of course falls in love with blue eyed blonde all American little sis Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). Max drops out of Princeton, the boys move to NYC where they meet up with some interesting characters, including singer/landlady Sadie (Dana Fuchs) and guitarist JoJo (Martin Luther McCoy). Lucy’s boyfriend dies in the Vietnam War as Max gets drafted. Let the activism and political statements begin! Stay tuned for random cameos from Bono, Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker and Salma Hayek. If you’re a Beatles fan, you’ll love this movie. It’s trippy – not quite Rocky Horror Picture Show trippy, but more like taking-the-red-pill-going-down-the-rabbit-hole-and-lacing-your-tea-with-LSD-trippy. But in good way. I think John Lennon would have liked this movie.
Bono is the Walrus, which makes sense, as he already thinks he is the 2nd coming of Jesus anyway.
Dana Fuchs & Martin Luther McCoy during “Oh Darling!”
Evan Rachel Wood. All you can think of when you watch her is “that girl is like 9 & she’s banging Marilyn Manson.” But she has a nice voice (“Blackbird”).
Eddie Izzard is the ringmaster for this crazy circus we’re in (“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite”).
Jude, Lucy, Max and company go on their own Magical Mystery Tour, hehe.
Strawberry Fields Forever.
Max gets drafted for the War in Vietnam – “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”.
