![]() Two iconic figures that were in silence: Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. “It started with these three white young people, and I said, ‘The Beatles were incredibly inspired by African-American music.’ In order to feel right in the ’60s, I needed to add other characters that would fill out the canopy of what it is to be American and also what the sound was of the ’60s. The buddy pair move to New York, into a bohemian apartment where we meet singer Sadie, and, eventually, guitarist Jo-Jo and runaway Prudence. When Jude leaves for America to find his father-a custodian at Princeton-he meets Lucy’s brother Max, who drops out of school. The movie begins with two couples: Jude and his girlfriend in Liverpool, Lucy and her boyfriend in Midwest America before he ships off to bootcamp and Vietnam. When I came on, I said, ‘Let’s start from the song.’ I went and chose 30–33 songs that I felt would be able to-when put into the mouths of lead characters-they would actually be the thoughts, emotions, and words of those actors.” But the songs weren’t forwarding the story at the time. “ had a premise of taking those songs during that period and writing this love story about what became Jude and Lucy’s love story. ![]() On creating an original story from the Beatles catalog. Here, we spoke to Taymor about crafting the original story, experimenting with cinematic styles, and how she would direct the musical if she ever brought it to the stage: Not to mention, “it’s a good time for this movie to reignite people to see what young people’s power is.’” It works-but it works in a mediocre way.” But Taymor is not one to settle for mediocrity. It’s not replaceable by being in your living room. And the big screen and the wrap-around sound. “In a musical, you should be with other people there in the space watching it. “The experience of Across the Universe in a movie theatre…” Taymor trails off, unable to articulate the fullness of the idea for a moment. Which is why Fathom Events revives the film, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess, for a three-day stint in movie theatre across the country July 29–August 1. It earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture Musical or Comedy-though the Globes were canceled that year-and is now considered a cult classic. Set in the 1960s against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, Across the Universe felt akin to a Hair of the oughts.
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