Beschreibung:

LENNON, John, and VERONA, Stephen. SHE SAID SO -- I FEEL FINE -- Original artwork for the world's 1st music video 240 handcolored (some by John Lennon paper cells for the short film "She Said So", 8 1/2 X 11 in., housed in a three-ring binder, and comprising the complete artwork for the film. A chance meeting in a London nightclub in 1966 between artist/film-maker Stephen Verona, and man of the hour John Lennon led to a friendship and artistic collaboration which resulted in this, the world's first rock music video. Stephen loved John's music and suggested the pairing of a Beatle's song with images he would create. John gave Stephen a new and soon to be hit record which arrived on an unlabelled disc. It sure sounded like the title was going to be "She Said So," not the next line in the song "I Feel Fine," hence the title of his film (the word video was not then in use) became "She Said So." Back in New York, Verona set to work drawing the pop-art cartoon images to fit the lyrics and follow the music. Lennon flew over and the two got together to measure the progress. By then Verona had drawn all the images in outline and John thought the concept was great. Stephen remembers the night that Lennon came over to his apartment and the two wiled away the hours the both of them sitting at the kitchen table, smoking, and coloring in the images with markers. And the rock music 'video' was born. And it was a hit. It was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and went on to win awards in the Atlanta, San Francisco and Chicago film festivals. It won the CINE Golden Eagle and went from there to all the major foreign film festivals. The original print resides in the Library of Congress. With Lennon's initial push, Verona went on to make 100s of music videos. He was later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, and then made features, including Stallone's first film, "The Lords of Flatbush." Provenance: Stephen Verona