A short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic scenes with no common thread.
Direction
Lester's kinetic framing basically created music video grammar.
Acting
Sellers and Milligan's telepathic comic timing.
Editing
Aggressive cuts that feel like the film is giggling.
Director
Richard Lester
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This £70 short convinced the Beatles to hire Lester for A Hard Day's Night, literally reshaping pop culture.
Shot in a single day in a Hampstead park using borrowed equipment; some scenes were improvised when they forgot the script.
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