John & Yoko’ – Firstpost

BookMyShow, India’s main leisure vacation spot, broadcasts the Asia premiere of the extremely acclaimed documentary ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ following probably the most well-known couple of the twentieth century, because the closing movie for the second version of Pink Lorry Movie Competition, the nation’s premier worldwide cinema showcase.

Pink Lorry Movie Competition showcases distinctive worldwide movies curated to please audiences with numerous storytelling. Following the success of its inaugural version, this yr’s pageant guarantees a rare lineup of over 120 movies, together with premieres, retrospectives and particular screenings, providing cinephiles a singular alternative to expertise world-class cinema.

On the coronary heart of the story are The One to One Concert events, John Lennon’s solely full-length performances after The Beatles, the place he was joined by Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band, Elephant’s Reminiscence and a few particular company. With remixed live performance audio produced by their solely son, musician Sean Ono Lennon, the movie showcases newly restored and transferred footage, together with a treasure trove of beforehand unseen and unheard private archives, together with telephone calls and residential films recorded by John and Yoko themselves.

‘One To One: John & Yoko’ is an intimate, revelatory documentary that explores the inventive partnership and love story going behind the curtains of probably the most influential couple and iconic artists, John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Directed by acclaimed filmmakers Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, the movie illuminates the couple’s inventive collaboration, activism and profound affect on music and tradition. The documentary supplies unprecedented entry to Yoko Ono’s private archives, revealing intimate moments between the long-lasting couple throughout their most inventive interval. It meticulously chronicles their inventive journey, peace activism and the creation of a few of their most influential work.

Pink Lorry Movie Competition is bringing ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ to the massive display screen earlier than the world will get to catch it when it releases worldwide in theatres on April eleventh, 2025.

The lately launched
trailer has already seen a number of on-line chatter. It sees a section that captures John Lennon’s true essence because it goes, “How would you wish to be remembered?” a reporter asks Lennon at one level. “Simply as two lovers,” he responds.

Since its premiere on the 2024 Venice Movie Competition, ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ has garnered crucial acclaim enjoying at Telluride, London and Sundance Movie Festivals amongst others. Critics have hailed it as “a masterful portrait of affection and inventive genius” and “the definitive documentary on two of the twentieth century’s most influential artists.”.

On his documentary making its Asia premiere at Pink Lorry Movie Competition, Director, Kevin MacDonald commented, “Bringing ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ to Pink Lorry Movie Competition because the closing movie is extremely significant. This documentary represents years of meticulous restoration and historic analysis, permitting audiences to expertise this pivotal second in music historical past with unprecedented readability.”

Co-director Sam Rice-Edwards added, “Closing Pink Lorry Movie Competition with ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ is a superb honor.  Focusing down on a selected time and place, we hope the movie reveals a bigger fact capturing one thing uncommon – the uncooked inventive power between two revolutionary artists at a vital level of their lives and careers.”

Ashish Saksena, Competition Director, Pink Lorry Movie Competition and COO – Cinemas, BookMyShow, expressed his pleasure concerning the pageant’s closing movie, “We’re thrilled to deliver ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ to Indian audiences because the closing movie at this yr’s Pink Lorry Movie Competition. This documentary represents every part our pageant stands for – daring inventive imaginative and prescient, cultural significance, and tales that transcend boundaries. The movie’s exploration of John and Yoko’s inventive partnership resonates deeply with our mission to have fun cinema that challenges and conjures up and there couldn’t have been a extra becoming closure to the pageant than this piece of artwork.”

Many years later, John and Yoko’s legacy remains to be seen, audible and provoking to audiences. Don’t miss out on the prospect to experience the perfect of world cinema; mark your calendars and put together for an unforgettable cinematic journey. Guide tickets completely on
BookMyShow, beginning at simply Rs. 750/.

This yr’s pageant lineup, together with award-winning titles like ‘Anora’ and ‘The Final Showgirl’, classics like ‘Fairly Lady’, ‘Karz’ and ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’, and titles premiering in India contemporary from Berlin, guarantees a wide ranging exploration of world cinema, with Pink Lorry Movie Competition: Take 2 in Mumbai and an thrilling debut chapter, Pink Lorry Movie Competition: Parallel Verse, in considered one of India’s most film loving cities, Hyderabad scheduled from March twenty first to twenty third, 2025 in Mumbai and Hyderabad.