She's So Heavy

The famous song John Lennon wrote "I Want You, She's So Heavy," which illustrated his newfound love for Yoko Ono has always been seen for what it is, a song about lusting for a woman, that is, until "Across the Universe" came along. The woman no longer of flesh, but of solid steel.
In the film "Across the Universe," Max, a central character, has been drafted into the Vietnam war, and this scene in the film depicts the draft in a whole new light. In this scene, the words "I want you," no longer mean in a lusting or loving manner, but rather, I want you to drop your current life and go battle Vietcong you may personally have no quarrel with. I want you to sacrifice yourself, even though it may be against what you believe in.
The scene goes on to show the young men being drafted being pushed and pulled down a conveyor belt which is meant to be an assembly line. This assembly line is mass producing young toy soldiers to ship away to 'nam. A powerful illustration indeed, this scene provides the viewer with a literal image of what was going on during the draft. It wasn't a process where the individuals being drafted were treated with respect, but rather they were thrown on the assembly line with the rest of the faceless boys.
The scene goes on to show these young, mass produced soldiers carrying the statue of liberty, which is the symbol of everything that is just in this country. The lyric "She's So Heavy," goes on to obtain a new meaning; The statue is being carried by these young men and she is no longer providing them with light freedom, now she only provides hardship in great weight. This portion of the scene, I feel, is meant to depict that during the Vietnam war, the most important aspects of our country went out the window, the young people of America were no longer being trained to be the next leaders of our country, they were being trained to die before their 19th birthday.