Testing!

Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated film, directed by George Dunning with art direction by Heinz Edelmann. In the film, the Beatles are whisked away in the Yellow Submarine on a journey to save Pepperland from evil music-hating Blue Meanies. After traveling through the Sea of Time, Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes, and the Sea of Green, the group reaches Pepperland and rescues its inhabitants from the army of Blue Meanies by impersonating the local Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and using the power of song. This movie is full of songs, puns, strange creatures, and trippy visuals.

Despite being the "stars" of the movie, The Beatles themselves actually had very little to do with the making of the film, essentially only providing their likenesses and some previously unreleased songs. They didn't even voice themselves! This is due in part to how much they hated their 1965-67 animated cartoon, which was made by several people who would go on to work on Yellow Submarine. They also weren't too fond of their previous movie, Help! (1965), and didn't have much interest in doing another, despite being conctractually obligated to do so... However, once The Beatles saw that Yellow Submarine had very little in common with the cartoon, they were much happier with it.

Why I Like It

The Beatles have always been my favorite band- they're my dad's favorite band, so I grew up with them. While I think A Hard Day's Night (1964) is probably technically their best movie, Yellow Submarine has always been my favorite. I love the art style of this movie! The color palettes and character designs have always been very inspiring to me. It's such a unique movie in every way- the plot, the characters, the pacing.

I even like the soundtrack. I know a lot of these songs were rejects from other albums but I would geuinely put Hey Bulldog and Only a Northern Song on my top 20 Beatles songs list. The blue meanies are super fun villains and I love how both they and Jeremy are so incredibly fluffy... Overall this is just a nostalgic feel-good movie for me. I've seen it dozens of times since I was a kid. I could probably quote the whole thing!

Testing Testing

I want to hold your hand, I want to hold your hand. Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly. Yellow Submarine, we all live in a yellow submarine. She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear.