Saturday 15 February 2014

a film about how to learn english with beatles songs - and meeting john lennon

A film about an English Teacher in 1960s Spain trying to meet up with John Lennon has won Spain's most prestigious cinema prize:
David Trueba’s ‘Living Is Easy’ Tops Spanish Goya Academy Awards | Variety
Spanish Cinema celebrates its XXVIII Goya Awards | Spanish Culture in the United Kingdom

Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed

It has been around for some time, earning a lot of praise from the English-speaking press:
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed: How John Lennon's role in a 1960s war film inspired a whole new movie - Features - Films - The Independent
Spanish Beatlemania and Icelandic horses steal the screen at San Sebastián | Film | theguardian.com

It's based on a true story:
19 September 1966: John Lennon films How I Won The War in Spain | The Beatles Bible
Almería (origen de Strawberry Fields Forever)

However, Lennon was not really that happy about his songs being used by English teachers...

Lennon received a letter from a pupil at Quarry Bank High School, which he had attended. The writer mentioned that the English master was making his class analyse Beatles' lyrics. Lennon, amused that a teacher was putting so much effort into understanding the Beatles' lyrics, wrote the most confusing lyrics he could.


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