yoko ono's films

[Anne McKnight]

Thanks for the suggestion, but no soap on either source. When you say 'they'
are available on the web, do you mean these distributors, or the films
themselves, in a less, uh, orthodox format?

But wait, it gets goofier still!  The super-careful curatorship of the
avant-garde pieces like Fly and Bottoms in the recent exhibition sits kind
of weirdly with the 2 new releases, 70s genre/B-films in which she stars.
Just when her rep was getting some traction on its own, without the leverage
of John/Sean/Fluxus, look out, along comes...Satan's Bed, a kind of
jaxploitation film, in which she plays a mail order bride.  Its companion,
Scare Their Pants Off, sounds deliciously tasteless, kind of an Andy Warhol
romp.  I mean I knew her voice had range, with its proto-noise free flights
& dry heaving and all, but I never knew about the camp dimension.  Both
films are available on DVD on Image Entertainment with lots of dishy
trailers.  I append the catalog copy:

> Synopsis: Yes, it's Yoko Ono, sex maniacs, and off-kilter kink in this goofy,
> ultra-gritty Grindhouse Double Feature! "Scare Their Pants Off" (1968, 61
> min.) - Since lunatics John and Bert can't enjoy sex unless their women are
> properly terrified, they abduct three lovely ladies and attempt to Scare Their
> Pants Off while gleefully demonstrating why blind dates can be so scary.
> "Satan's Bed" (1965, 72 min.) - The same year that The Beatles' second film,
> "Help!," premiered, John Lennon's future soul mate, avant-garde artist Yoko
> Ono, made her acting debut in this twisted sickie. Ono, in a kimono, plays the
> Japanese bride-to-be of a drug-smuggling immigration agent who wants to
> abandon crime for life with Yoko.

on 8/15/02 9:58 PM, amnornes at umich.edu at amnornes at umich.edu wrote:

> I believe they are rentable from Filmmakers Coop in New York and Canyon in SF.
> They are on the web to one degree or another.
> 
> Markus
> 


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