2019 - Yesterday

Yesterday’s Ghost: The Beatles as a Metric for Universal Timelessness 1. The Ethics of Intellectual Property

The scene where Jack meets a 78-year-old John Lennon—who lived a quiet, happy life because he never became famous—is the emotional pivot of the movie. Yesterday 2019

In this alternate reality, more than just the Beatles have vanished—Coca-Cola, Oasis, cigarettes, and Harry Potter are also gone. Yesterday’s Ghost: The Beatles as a Metric for

The Sound of Silence: Cultural Erasure and the Power of Memory in "Yesterday" The Sound of Silence: Cultural Erasure and the

A fascinating angle is whether Beatles music would actually "work" in 2019 without the context of the 1960s.

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Contrast the pure beauty of the songs with the modern music industry’s obsession with marketing (personified by the character Debra Hammer). The film suggests that while the music is timeless, the industry that packages it has become colder and more commercialized. 4. The John Lennon Encounter