…with a twist. Sean Lennon and model girlfriend Kemp Muhl have recreated Annie Leibovitz’s iconic 1981 Rolling Stone cover photo of a naked John Lennon, his legs curled around his wife, Yoko Ono (see below). The photograph, taken by Terry Richardson for Purple magazine’s fall issue, has Muhl taking the place of Lennon the Elder, while Ono is played by Lennon the Younger.  Click here for the full pic (mildly NSFW).

On a purely editorial note, I prefer the RS version with John clinging to Ono, seemingly in desperation; the moment seems intimate, almost. The new one lacks that raw visual emotion and errs on the side of caution by using a nude Muhl rather than a nude Lennon. But I digress. Since we’re on the subject, Leibovitz recalls the spontaneous creation of the original cover photo:

What is interesting is she said she’d take her top off and I said, ‘Leave everything on’ — not really preconceiving the picture at all. Then he curled up next to her and it was very, very strong. You couldn’t help but feel that she was cold and he looked like he was clinging on to her. I think it was amazing to look at the first Polaroid and they were both very excited.

Fresh off the heels of his collaboration with Danger Mouse and a dozen other famous artists, David Lynch has joined another all-star lineup for a film project called OneDreamRush. The Playlist reports the film contains “a series of 42 films by 42 different directors, each lasting 42 seconds,” including Lynch, Harmony Korine, Larry Clark, James Franco, Abel Ferrara, Leos Carax, Mike Figgis, Chan Marshall, Sean Lennon, and many more.

What’s up with all the all-star collaborations these days? I suppose the digital music and film revolution has enabled these kinds of pretentious projects, but this one could be pretty cool if it can avoid the legal complications of its predecessors. If not, Chan Marshall did say she wants to be a cast member on Saturday Night Live, so this could work as a demo reel I suppose.

To watch an excerpt from the work in progress, click here.