Marshall McLuhan Speaks - Centennial 2011. John & Yoko with Marshall McLuhan: Ontario, Canada 12/19/1969. In a discussion filmed in Missisauga, Ontario on December 19th 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono spoke about their latest peace effort-- the controversial 'War Is Over' billboard campaign.
The interview was conducted by author and media theorist Marshall McLuhan. McLuhan is widely regarded as one of the most important 20th-century communications theorists, whose books include 'Understanding Media' (1964), 'The Medium Is the Massage' (1967), and 'War and Peace in the Global Village' (1968). - Jay Spangler, www.beatlesinterviews.org McLUHAN: "Can you tell me? I just sort of wonder how the 'War Is Over,' the wording... the whole thinking. Prophesies of McLuhan. [Translations: Japanese] “Products are becoming services.” (1966) “The future of the future is the present.” (1968) “The global village is nosy busibodies writ large. (1968)
