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In the town where he was born, lived a man who sailed to Long Beach, and he told us of the Beatles in the land of parody.<\/p>\n

Since the 1960s, the Beatles have been a staple of adoration and music, which led Walter Santucci to think of them in another way — as the perfect candidate for a parody.<\/p>\n

In his animated short film, “It’s a Lovely Day,” accompanied by the song of the same name by the Detroit Illharmonic Symphony, Santucci pokes fun at the Beatles’ classic “Yellow Submarine.”<\/p>\n

The two-minute-long cartoon will be shown before the North American re-release of “A Hard Day’s Night” on July 4 in 15 cities, including here in Long Beach at the Art Theatre.<\/p>\n

“A few weeks after we finished ‘Lovely Day,’ the summer re-release of ‘Hard Day’s Night’ was announced and I thought the films would play well together,” Santucci said. “Since all the theaters showing it were independent art houses, I knew they’d be approachable. So we talked to several and most liked the idea.”<\/p>\n

Santucci said while Beatles parodies and tributes have been done in the past, he thought that, as an animator, a “Yellow Submarine” style cartoon would be refreshing.<\/p>\n

He said his original idea was to reunite key members of the creative team behind the 1978 television special, “The Rutles,” which mocked the career of the Beatles.<\/p>\n

“A friend posted the ‘Yellow Submarine Sandwich’ clip from ‘The Rutles’ on Facebook and his post immediately lit up with positive comments and likes\u2014and I thought a full-length feature reboot could be really successful, especially since the Disney reboot of Yellow Submarine had just been scrapped,” he said. “So, I kicked some concepts around then tried (and ultimately failed) to put that together.  By then, I was itching to animate something in that style, so I applied it to the Detroit Illharmonic song.”<\/p>\n

“It’s A Lovely Day” is Santucci’s fourth film that will show at the Art Theatre. He said he read about the Art a few years ago then approached them with the idea of a screening of one of his short films.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s really encouraging the way the Art and other independent cinemas are embracing non-studio content,” Santucci said. “It is going to help evolve the art of cinema.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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