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WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
20236.30h 11m
Overview
Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a joyful game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers' chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.
Directed by Dave Mullins
Written by Sean Ono Lennon, Dave Mullins
Produced by Brad Booker
0Themes & Keywords
chessbased on song, poem or rhymecarrier pigeonshort filmwar
About WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko is a animation, music, war film released in 2023 exploring themes of chess, based on song, poem or rhyme, carrier pigeon, short film, war. Directed by Dave Mullins, Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a joyful game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers' chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.
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