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THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY – Review by Nikki Fowler

April 10, 2023April 11, 2023 Nikki Fowler Beatles, documentaries, Eve Brandstein, john lennon, julian lennon, May Pang, paul mccartney, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, Yoko Ono

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story was an interesting but a bit of a tough watch, yet May Pang deserves to tell her story as the lover of global superstar John Lennon who was at the time married to his second wife, Yoko Ono. Pang’s side of the story is narrated throughout the docufilm as she chronicles her 18-month relationship with the star before he abruptly just never comes back to their apartment and ends up returning to Ono for a sum of five years with their son before his untimely murder.

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THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY – Review by Loren King

April 10, 2023April 11, 2023 Loren King Beatles, documentaries, Eve Brandstein, john lennon, julian lennon, May Pang, motw, Movie of the Week, paul mccartney, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, Yoko Ono

It was much more than a weekend. The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is May Pang’s record-straightening personal account of her 18-month-long romance with John Lennon while he was separated from Yoko Ono. It’s a fascinating immersion in the early 1970s when Pang, a New York native and music fan, went from working at Apple Records at age 19 to being asked to be John and Yoko’s personal assistant. Engaging and seemingly forthright, Pang recounts witnessing arguments and Ono’s controlling behavior such as instructing Pang not to forward calls from Lennon’s estranged young son, Julian, who is also interviewed in the film.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK April 7, 2023: THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY

April 2, 2023April 4, 2023 Jennifer Merin Beatles, betsy bozdech, care marquis, documentaries, Eve Brandstein, Jamie Broadnax, jennifer merin, john lennon, julian lennon, leslie combemale, loren king, May Pang, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, nikki fowler, paul mccartney, Richard Kaufman, sandie angulo chen, Stuart Samuels, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, Yoko Ono

Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll — they’re all present in The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, the revelatory documentary from filmmakers Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, and Stuart Samuels, about former music executive May Pang’s experiences with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the 1970s. But this isn’t a salacious, Behind the Music-style expose. Rather, it’s a thoughtful, loving reminiscence about the formative role the relationship played in Pang’s life – and its lasting impact.