Oct 23, 2025
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
Enjoy!
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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)
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)