Director: Tony Bramwell
A powerful film for a powerful song. An incoherent sequence of sped up, slowed down, unfocused and double exposed images intercut at lightning speed, in symphony with the dreamlike character of the music.
The footage, shot by Ringo with a hand held camera, actually depicts the recording session for the song itself. A woman dressed in a flowing gown waves sparkles amidst an orchestra conducted by Paul and George Martin. As a demented touch, the musicians are wearing funny noses and masks. Rather than comic relief, it only adds to the atmosphere of impending apocalypse. But the humour is allowed to shine through when a shot of Big Ben pops on at the sound of the alarm clock during Paul's segment of the song.
Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithful, Keith Richards, Donovan, Patti Boyd Harrison and Mike Nesmith (of the Monkees) appear. Filmed at Abbey Road on 10 February, 1967. The film, reportively part of an abortive Sgt. Pepper documentary, was never broadcast in the UK due to a BBC ban on the song, which was thought to contain drug references.
"A Day In The Life" song
Medium: Colour
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