Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (w The Flux Fiddlers) (Ultimate Mix 2018) - 4K REMASTER

What this video is

Originally filmed in May–September 1971 at Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, Berkshire, the 'Imagine' promo is one of the earliest and most enduring examples of an artist-directed music film conceived as both promotional vehicle and autonomous art object. Co-directed by Lennon and Ono, it reflects Ono's deep background in Fluxus performance and avant-garde cinema and Lennon's vision of pop music as a vessel for political…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of the music video form, predating MTV by a decade. The video established the piano-performance-as-manifesto visual grammar that countless artists have since imitated. Its zero-cut, single-location structure is formally radical: the entire emotional arc is carried by light,…

The director

John Lennon (1940–1980) was a founding member of the Beatles and a prominent solo artist and peace activist. Yoko Ono (b. 1933) is a Japanese-American avant-garde artist and filmmaker associated with the Fluxus movement. Together, they co-directed the 1971…