Fly (1970)

Directed by

John Lennon

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A camera watches a single housefly crawl across a nude woman's body. More flies join over time while a drone-like musical piece plays.

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What happens

Fly is a 1970 avant-garde short film directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Filmed a year prior to the release of Ono's 1971 album of the same name, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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