John Lennon’s Son Watched 1 Film Repeatedly After the Former Beatle’s Death
TL:DR:
- John Lennon’s son, Sean Ono Lennon, used to watch a movie 10 times in a row
- Sean said the film was connected to an unusual game he’d play with his father.
- Sean still plays the game with children.
John Lennon‘s son, Sean Ono Lennon, repeatedly watched a classic animated movie with the former Beatle. Sean said the film helped inspire him to become an artist. In addition, Sean said the film was connected to a game he used to play with John.
John Lennon’s son was obsessed with a classic science fiction film
During a 2006 interview with New York magazine, Sean revealed he watched a lot of television as a child. He said his television functioned as his babysitter. Sean revealed he viewed Walt Disney’s Bambi and The Beatles‘ movie Yellow Submarine repeatedly as a youngster. He also watched a classic French film over and over.
“Or I’d watch this movie called La Planète Sauvage, this French animated sci-fi movie,” he recalled. La Planète Sauvage, also known as Fantastic Planet, is about a planet where large blue aliens keep humans as pets. “I’d watch it 10 times in a row, and somehow no one really cared enough to stop me from doing that.”
How ‘La Planète Sauvage’ changed Sean Ono Lennon’s life
Sean said La Planète Sauvage changed his life. “I think it stimulated me to become an artist,” he recalled. “Watching these incredible masterpieces over and over again, to actually memorize every line and every curve and every shot, I think it was the foundation for me musically and aesthetically.”
During a 2017 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Sean again discussed La Planète Sauvage. “There was this movie that my dad watched with me called La Planète Sauvage,” he recalled. “It’s a French sci-fi cartoon from 1973, and it’s still one of my favorite films. After he passed away, I watched it all the time.”
‘La Planète Sauvage’ influenced a game John Lennon played with Sean Ono Lennon
Sean said La Planète Sauvage was connected to a game he would play with John. “My dad and I used to play this game where he would scribble something nonsensical on a piece of paper and I would have to turn it into something by drawing on it,” Sean revealed. Subsequently, Sean would make a scribble and John would have to turn it into a drawing.
The game was “monumental” to Sean when he was a child. He still plays the game when he spends time with children. Sean said he often draws alien landscapes from La Planète Sauvage when he plays it.
La Planète Sauvage might not be as famous as Bambi or Yellow Submarine, but it had an impact on Sean nonetheless.
