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Fly (1970 film) - Wikipedia

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Fly
Directed by	John Lennon Yoko Ono
Starring	Virginia Lust
Edited by	John Lennon Yoko Ono Dan Richter Jon Bloom Daniel Seymour Marc Stone Nancy Kallile Andy Burke Bill Holderith
Music by	John Lennon Yoko Ono
Release date	1970 (1970)
Running time	25 minutes

Fly is a 1970 avant-garde short film directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.^[1] Filmed a year prior to the release of Ono's 1971 album of the same name,^[2] the short depicts a housefly crawling around on the body of a nude woman, actress Virginia Lust. By the end of the film, multiple flies can be seen on Lust's body. The film's visuals are accompanied by "Fly", a composition by Lennon and Ono that would later appear on Ono's album of the same name.^[3]

Production

External image
FLY, 1970. (Film still). ©Yoko Ono via: The Lowry ^[4]

Fly was conceived as a two-sentence premise initially titled Film No. 11: "About a fly going from the toe to head of a lying naked body, crawling very slowly. The whole film should take about an hour."^[5]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was conceived in the Regency Hotel in New York on Christmas day in 1970.^[5] Lennon recorded the soundtrack on a multitrack Nagra audio recorder in three parts. The first "movement" features vocal improvisations by Ono, and the second features those vocals played back on the recorder while Lennon performs on a guitar.^[5] The third part of the soundtrack was recorded as follows: Lennon played guitar against the reversed playback of the second section of the soundtrack; this recording was then reversed (described by scholar Melissa Ragona as "a kind of double negative"),^[6] and played alongside another vocal solo by Ono.^[6] When the doubly-reversed recording finished, Ono continued performing vocally, and Lennon played a live radio.^[6]

The soundtrack would later be released as a track titled "Fly", appearing on Ono's 1971 album of the same name.^[7]

References

^ "Fly". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ McKinzie, Matt (22 April 2020). "Defragmenting Bodies: Yoko Ono's 'Fly' at 50". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Volmers, Eric (16 September 2020). "Unfinished and interactive: Contemporary Calgary's new exhibit on the life and art of Yoko Ono". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "The Lowry".
^ ^a ^b ^c Vernallis, Herzog & Richardson 2013, p. 160.
^ ^a ^b ^c Vernallis, Herzog & Richardson 2013, p. 161.
^ Vernallis, Herzog & Richardson 2013, p. 162.

Bibliography

Vernallis, Carol; Herzog, Amy; Richardson, John, eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199757640.

External links

Fly at IMDb

Yoko Ono

Studio albums

Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band Fly Approximately Infinite Universe Feeling the Space Season of Glass It's Alright (I See Rainbows) Starpeace Rising A Story Blueprint for a Sunrise Between My Head and the Sky Yokokimthurston Take Me to the Land of Hell Warzone
with Lennon	Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions Wedding Album Some Time in New York City Double Fantasy Milk and Honey

Live albums

Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (with The Plastic Ono Band)
Live Jam (with Plastic Ono Band/The Mothers of Invention)

Compilations

Onobox
Walking on Thin Ice

Remix albums

Other albums

Singles

"Remember Love"
"Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)"
"Who Has Seen the Wind?"
"Why"
"Open Your Box"
"Touch Me"
"Mrs. Lennon" / "Midsummer New York"
"Listen, the Snow Is Falling"
"Sisters, O Sisters"
"Now or Never" / "Move on Fast"
"Death of Samantha" / "Yang Yang"
"Woman Power"
"Kiss Kiss Kiss"
"Beautiful Boys"
"Walking on Thin Ice"
"Yes, I'm Your Angel"
"No, No, No"
"My Man"
"Never Say Goodbye"
"Hell in Paradise"
"Open Your Box (remixes)"
"Kiss Kiss Kiss (remixes)"
"Yang Yang (remixes)"
"Walking on Thin Ice (remixes)"
"Hell in Paradise (remixes)"
"Everyman... Everywoman... (remixes)"
"You're the One (remixes)"
"No, No, No (remixes)"
"Give Peace a Chance (remixes)"
"I'm Not Getting Enough (remixes)"
"Give Me Something (remixes)"
"Wouldnit (I'm a Star) (remixes)"
"Move on Fast (remixes)"
"Talking to the Universe (remixes)"
"She Gets Down on Her Knees (remixes)"
"I'm Moving On (remixes)"
"Hold Me"
"Walking on Thin Ice (remixes)"
"Angel"
"Woman Power (remixes)"

Books

Grapefruit (1964)
Acorn (2013)

Films

Self-Portrait (1969)
Apotheosis (1970)
Fly (1970)
Freedom (1970)
Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
Imagine (1972)

Art

Voice Piece for Soprano (1961)
Cut Piece (1964)
Apple (1966)
Ceiling Painting/Yes Painting (1966)
Half-A-Room (1967)
Wish Tree (c.1981; ongoing)
- Wish Tree for Washington, DC

Family

Toshi Ichiyanagi (first husband)
Anthony Cox (second husband)
John Lennon (third husband)
Sean Lennon (son)
Yasuda Zenjirō (great-grandfather)

Category

John Lennon

Studio albums

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Imagine Mind Games Walls and Bridges Rock 'n' Roll
with Yoko Ono	Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions Wedding Album Some Time in New York City Double Fantasy Milk and Honey

Live albums

Compilations

Hits	Shaved Fish The John Lennon Collection Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon Power to the People: The Hits Icon
Themed	Menlove Ave. Wonsaponatime Acoustic Peace, Love & Truth
Box sets	Lennon John Lennon Anthology John Lennon Signature Box Gimme Some Truth Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes
Video	The John Lennon Video Collection Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

Books

Films

Self-Portrait (1969)
Apotheosis (1970)
Fly (1970)
Erection (1971)
Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
Live in New York City (1972)
Imagine (1972)

Bootlegs

Associates

Fictionalised

Tributes and
memorials

Related media

Production

Soundtrack

See also

References

Bibliography

External links