The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

This was a wonderful documentary! Thanks for sharing it! I must admit that it opened my eyes to a lot of issues that I oddly enough already questioned. Although the story was wonderful, I tend to think that emotions for those you see everyday form relationships. The question is what sort of relationship it will turn out to be. What is meant to be, is meant to be. 😊 There is of course sex just for sex but making love is a whole different ball game. Making love takes having the ability to feel and to use your body as a tool. To be able to make love, you need the bond that is needed to create it. Otherwise, it is simply meaningless sex. I never thought of John Lennon that way, so this was very interesting. Those are moments that I'm sure May will never forget though. I have absolutely no doubt that John wouldn't want her to either. They spent those years together and that's something nobody can ever take away. This made me think even more of Julian Lennon. I must admit, he must be a strong individual. It made me want to give him a hug. All in all, this was wonderfully done. I highly recommend it!

I knew who May Pang was and what the Lost Weekend was, so I wondered what filler they could throw together to make an entire documentary. Boy was I wrong! This is a top-notch story that is engrossing from start to finish. It has archival footage and interviews that flesh out the time period of May's Yoko-ordered time with John.

Her photos may be mere Polaroids but they document a personal side of their time together. Julian Lennon gets to participate as well. May seemed to have been a beneficial part of rejoining him with John. There's a 1974 photo shown of Julian and his crush Jodie Foster. I've never seen such a happy smile like the one he's wearing.

There are also details of May Pang's upbringing, which was not easy. Though this film is aimed at John Lennon fans, I also like it as a time capsule of the 1970s. Not only does it show George Harrison on the Dick Cavett Show, it even shows May sitting in the audience.

We think of the Beatles living in England after the breakup, yet they crossed paths in the United States quite often. This film is a vital piece of Beatles history.

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is an amazing film and May Pang is an amazing woman. As a huge Beatles / John Lennon fan I thought I knew the story. I did not! The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is compelling and beautiful and sincere - as is May Pang herself. And the archival materials!!! Don't even get me started. I highly recommend The Lost Weekend: A Love Story.

I was lucky to see a viewing of : The Lost Weekend: A Love Story. It's a beautiful documentary following the young May Pang who started as an assistant at Apple Records, moving into a personal assistant position for John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It is a very compelling, raw, sincere story of a young woman who was lightyears beyond her young age of 22. May Pang was instrumental in helping John to have a relationship with his son Julian. May had a special bond with John that I feel helped him immensely. It is extremely well done. I credit May Pang and her producers/directors Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman and Stuart Samuels for creating a masterpiece.

I highly recommend it!

The 97-minutes fly by as May Pang (with a little help from her friends) shares her memories of not only her 18-month relationship with John Lennon, but the actual 10-year relationship they had. Lennon actually hints at things to come when, on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971, he (twice) name-checked Pang (one of two people who were brought on stage covered in full-length bags) as 'looking lovely.' I was amazed by the amount of never-before-seen footage and interviews. It's a stunning documentary that is so personal it almost seems like a home movie. A must see.