Self Portrait (lost John Lennon and Yoko Ono experimental film; 1969): Difference between revisions

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Status: Lost

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Summary

On March 20th, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married to each other after years of dating. Yoko made several films in Cooperation with Lennon. One of these films is "Self Portrait". Released in 1969, It was a film that showed John Lennon's penis for 42 Minutes. It premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA in London alongside her other films, Rape and Folding. Two Virgins, Smile and Honeymoon were also shown that night. Yoko intended to film the audience/critic reactions to the film; intended to be part of another variation of the film with the reactions along-side Lennon's penis, however, the equipment that she had failed to record anything.

John later did an interview about the film. He said in the interview, "My Prick.. That's all you saw, but it dribbled at the end, That was accidental. The idea was for it to rise and fall, but it didn't." Yoko Ono said in another interview with film critic Phillip French that the critics "wouldn't touch it." French went to a private screening for the film with John and Yoko, said that it "focused upon the unaided tumescence and tumescence of his member, reaching some sort of climax with a pearl-like drop of semen."

Status

All that exists of the film online is its Wikipedia article and some reviews for the film on Google. As of June 26, 2020, no screenshots or clips from the film exist online.

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 ==Summary==
-    On March 20th, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married to each other after years of dating. Yoko made several films in Cooperation with Lennon. One of these films is "Self Portrait". Released in 1969, It was a film that showed John Lennon's penis for 42 Minutes. It premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA in London alongside her other films, ''Rape'' and ''Folding''. ''Two Virgins'', ''Smile'' and ''Honeymoon'' were also shown that night. Yoko intended to film the audience/critic reactions to the film; intended to be part of another variation of the film with the reactions along-side Lennon's penis, however, the equipment that she had failed to record anything.
+On March 20th, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married to each other after years of dating. Yoko made several films
+in Cooperation with Lennon.  One of these films is "Self Portrait". Released in 1969, It was a film that showed John Lennon's penis for 42 Minutes.
+It premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA in London alongside her other films, ''Rape'' and ''Folding''. ''Two Virgins'',
+''Smile'' and ''Honeymoon'' were also shown that night. Yoko intended to film the audience/critic reactions to the film; intended to be part of
+another variation of the film with the reactions along-side Lennon's penis, however, the equipment that she had failed to record anything.
-  John later did an interview about the film. He said in the interview, "My Prick.. That's all you saw, but it dribbled at the end, That was accidental. The idea was for it to rise and fall, but it didn't." Yoko Ono said in another interview with film critic Phillip French that the critics "wouldn't touch it." French went to a private screening for the film with John and Yoko, said that it "focused upon the unaided tumescence and tumescence of his member, reaching some sort of climax with a pearl-like drop of semen."
+John later did an interview about the film. He said in the interview, "My Prick.. That's all you saw, but it dribbled at the end, That was accidental. The idea was for it to rise and fall, but it didn't." Yoko Ono said in another interview with film critic Phillip French that the critics "wouldn't touch it." French went to a private screening for the film with John and Yoko, said that it "focused upon the unaided tumescence and tumescence of his member, reaching some sort of climax with a pearl-like drop of semen."
 ==Status==
-  All that exists of the film online is its Wikipedia article and some reviews for the film on Google. As of June 26, 2020, no screenshots or clips from the film exist online.
+All that exists of the film online is its Wikipedia article and some reviews for the film on Google. As of June 26, 2020, no screenshots or clips from the film exist online.