Steven Soderbergh used AI in a documentary about John Lennon. And he wants to talk about it

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"The day John Lennon was shot, on Dec. 8, 1980, he and Yoko Ono gave an interview to a San Francisco radio crew from their home in New York's Dakota Apartments. They were promoting their new album Double Fantasy, but the two-hour conversation was wide ranging. Though the interviewers had been warned no Beatles questions, Lennon and Ono were thrillingly open."

"That day, Annie Leibovitz also shot the famous portrait of a clothes-less Lennon wrapped around Ono. The interview is similarly naked. The two, particularly Lennon, riff on love, their relationship, creativity, life after the Beatles, raising their toddler son, writing songs in bed and much more. At the age of 40, Lennon sounds like someone who has found real clarity."

"In John Lennon: The Last Interview, Steven Soderbergh turns those surviving tapes into a documentary that does as much to demystify Lennon and Ono as Get Back did to the Beatles. The film debuted Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. I was just so compelled by their generosity of spirit throughout the conversation, Sod"

The content describes a news organization sending journalists to cover developing issues across reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech. It highlights investigations into political and financial matters and the production of a documentary focused on American women fighting for reproductive rights. It states that quality journalism should be available to everyone without paywalls, supported by those who can afford it. It then recounts a Dec. 8, 1980 interview in which John Lennon and Yoko Ono spoke openly with a San Francisco radio crew while promoting Double Fantasy. It notes that Annie Leibovitz photographed Lennon that day. It describes a documentary that uses surviving tapes to demystify Lennon and Ono, portraying their reflections on love, creativity, life after the Beatles, and raising their toddler son.

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