Wonderwall
1968, NR, 75 min.
Directed by Joe Massot, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jane Birkin, Jack Macgowran, Iain Quarrier, Irene Handl, Richard Wattis.

Recently restored and remastered, this 1968 relic features music by sitar-era George Harrison, who performs with Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, and Ringo Starr. Wonderwall played town during the past SXSW and now arrives for a weeklong midnight run. It is self-described as “a psychedelic dominion where you can lose yourself in the Sixties.” The story is a trippy tale about disintegrating boundaries. Director Joe Massot also helmed Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same. Music by George Harrison, featuring Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr.

This article appears in November 10 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.