Wonderwall is an unusual and beautiful psychedelic Sixties period piece that sees a scientist (Jack MacGowran) becoming obsessed by a gorgeous model who lives next door to him.

Wonderwall is probably the ultimate “swinging London” film and what a pedigree it has. The film stars the lovely Jane Birkin and featured Anita Pallenberg and Dutch design collective The Fool (who art directed the film and were well-know for their work with the Beatles) in cameo roles. The soundtrack was by George Harrison and featured Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, some top classical Indian players in Bombay and an uncredited banjo performance by Monkee Peter Tork. There is one song called Ski-Ing that features one of the single most ferocious guitar riffs that Eric Clapton ever laid down and most of his biggest fans have never even heard it.

Made in 1968 by first time director Joe Massot (who would later direct the Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same and work on the psychedelic western Zachariah with the Firesign Theatre), Wonderwall was released on DVD in an elaborate package by Rhino in 2004 that now goes for top dollar to collectors.

The stills and animated gifs here were nicked from the fantastic blog of Martin Klasch. Over and over again, I find myself using Google Images and landing on his site, which is a visual treasure trove. He’s got a great eye. Check it out.

Last Friday on Twitter, Yoko Ono announced that she’d answer questions tweeted to @yokoono on her website and mine was one of the ones she answered:

@RichardMetzger
Do you find that children ?¢‚Ǩ?ìget?¢‚Ǩ¬ù your conceptual art pieces better than adults?

@yokoono
Not necessarily. There are kids who think they are grown ups and don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t want to know anything that smells like kids stuff. And there are grown-ups who are still kids at heart who clearly get my work.

I love Yoko Ono. I am a complete Yoko Ono fanatic, so this was a wonderful thing. It made my day! You can read the rest of the Yoko Q & A here.

And you can watch her perform “Whole Lotta Yoko” with “The Dirty Mac” (Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, Keith Richards and John Lennon) as part of the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus below: