Scenes of the erection of a building.
Direction
Ono and Lennon trolling the entire film industry simultaneously.
Writing
The title is literally the entire joke, and it lands.
Director
Yoko Ono
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Ono's 'Film No. 4' series, this exemplifies Fluxus movement principles: art as idea, execution as almost irrelevant. The 'erection' pun weaponizes gallery-goer discomfort.
Released during Lennon's most aggressive avant-garde period with Ono, this film helped cement their reputation as deliberate provocateurs— Beatles fans walked out of screenings, which was precisely the point.
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