The Hours and Times (1992) Reviews

This movie was so compelling that I watched it three times, once with commentary by the movie maker. The tension between the characters was portrayed in the most realistic way, this is an experience often lived out between two men--straight and gay. Whether it's factual is not so important. It took great skill of acting and directing to make this film. Hats off to all involved. Edward M
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According to Yoko Ono, the suicide death of Beatles image-maker and manager Brian Epstein was the most traumatic experience in John Lennon's adult life. The Hours and Times is an exceptionally well acted independent film speculating on what COULD have transpired during a conspicuously intimate holiday John and Brian took together in Barcelona, Spain. A lifelong friend of John Lennon reported John told him that he once offered himself sexually to Brian, although the discreetly gay Epstein declined the invitation. When a London disc jockey reported that John and Brian had been lovers, John reacted wildly by beating him up. These anecdotes lend plausibility to the idea that a young John Lennon who deeply admired the man who made him a commercial success may have taken that relationship to the point of sexual experimentation. By the time this engrossing 60-minute film zooms by, it leaves you wishing it would continue. An outstanding companion film to the underrated "Backbeat."
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