David 'Ghosty' Wills is back once more to look at another biopic that's not really very good (we'll do something classic next time, I promise!), though our levels of (non-)appreciation of 2010's 'Lennon Naked' differ slightly

Christoper Eccleston gives something of a powerhouse performance as a very brutal and cutting version of John Lennon, starting in 1964 but mostly focusing on the 1967-71 period. All the main events of that time in John's life are covered here, with a soap-opera style reminiscent of the previously reviewed 'John & Yoko: A Love Story'.

Antony and Ghosty also discuss biopics in general, and the difficulty in capturing charismatic figures and writing dialogue worthy of them

There'll be another Glass Onion 2-parter to round off 2025, the first part due to come out in November

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episode links

Lennon Naked film pages and full film

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560164/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennon_Naked

 

The fictional Magical Mystery Tour press conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdXLdbJ_xk8

 

Scene comparisons with real events

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mFsahlxZZc

 

Glass Onion's 2020 episode on depictions of John Lennon on film (including Lennon Naked)

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-30-john-lennon-on-film-the-good-the-bad-and-the-cameos-with-ed-chen

 

Elliot Roberts watched every Beatles biopic…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eon5X1W8uGc

 

John & Yoko's real encounter with Gloria Emerson (keep smiling)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIM7D_IfCtI

 

Freddie Lennon's 1965 smash-hit Xmas single (not quite)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azAiSG09FBk

 

The World of John & Yoko (BBC 1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dqVemtlJvk

 

Pete Shotton's recommended memoir

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1154066.John_Lennon

 

John Lennon at his humorous best (Get Back 1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9zuXRTul0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XdYb-16F7c