A years-after-the-fact visual companion to John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic 1971 single “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” the short film War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko won the Oscar for Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards on March 10. Directed by Pixar veteran Dave Mullins, the animated short was created with creative input from Peter Jackson and Sean Ono Lennon (son of John and Yoko), the latter of whom joined Mullins and producer Brad Booker onstage to accept the award. Quieting the orchestra as it began to play the winners off, Lennon recruited the audience to send a …
