The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

In a world of exploitative gossip it is a challenge to reveal a personal life story, especially when it involves the lives of the iconically famous. There is also an expectation of privacy among members of the inner circle. May Pang was put into the spotlight of scrutiny and speculation by circumstance, and her public personna was skewed by hearsay in the media. This gave May the right to tell her own story as history.

In her documentary she shares personal information about her background, setting the psychological and situational landscape that led her to an unexpected life experience. Despite her youth - her innate intelligence, compassion, and decency navigated her through the complicated demands of her position. The documentary is a heartfelt and quite personal truth that opens a view through the veil of secrecy - just enough to tastefully share her story.

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.

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.

And I learned a lot from Lost Weekend as well!

As a music lover of all genres Lost Weekend hits it out of the ballpark. And if you're a Beatles fan and a music fan you will enjoy the behind the scenes look at the group. But of most importance the incredible relationship between John Lennon and May Pang. Watching the old school footage and images that May presents makes the movie so much more real and enjoyable.

It's as if you're really there!

Every element of the story has excitement and passion. And you learn a lot of new things about how the music was made, where the music was played, who worked within and around this legend and legendary band called The Beatles. But from May Pang's perspective.

All you want to get out of a movie like this is something new. And you get it from The Lost Weekend: A Love Story. Definitely a 10!