Above Us Only Sky: Movie Review

I started watching this documentary late on Saturday night, and I was quickly taken from my bedroom into Tittenhurst Park in the late 1960s. The movie depicted John and Yoko's estate, their insanely large English mansion with a garden big enough to explore for a whole lifetime. To me, it seemed odd to see John outside of the studio without the other Beatles at first, but after a couple minutes it became clear that his life now was more peaceful and relaxed, which was probably how he wanted it. The footage, of him in his own studio or rowing through his own pond on the grounds, was like watching John transform from John Lennon of the Beatles into just John. It was magical, in a sense, to watch John and Yoko as they interacted and sort of became one with each other. The main focus of the movie, I would say, was the creation of the song imagine. From the moment John played the song, everyone knew it was, and would be for a long time, a huge hit. Yoko said in the movie she felt as though she met John so that Imagine could come into existence. Although I have always personally loved the song, this movie made me realize the total impact of it considering the huge cultural movement for peace. The song itself became almost a manifesto or symbol of the movement. It was beautiful watching John and Yoko come together to create this piece, one that has remained relevant and timeless ever since its creation, and this movie did a great job of explaining just a small portion of their story.