This isn’t a mere peek behind the curtain, it’s a front row seat followed by an overnight Beatle slumber party. The Beatles: Get Back is about as un-showbizzy as it gets. There's too much mundanity to engage the casual viewer. It must be said that, unless you’re a big Beatles fan or interested in the creative process of a pop group that had achieved an uncanny and unprecedented level of success during the 1960s, you won’t last the pace here. The End.īut was there something more to see here? Whether he intended it or not is irrelevant, that’s how the film was perceived. As director Michael Lindsey-Hogg recently recalled to Dave Fanning: "It was like herding a bunch of cats". Sure, all the footage took place long before the band officially split, but the Let It Be documentary felt like those watching were viewing the disintegration of The Beatles. He wanted to show what it was really like to be among The Beatles in 1969, when they gathered to try out new songs for what would eventually become the Let It Be album, their last official release. The Beatles: Get Back was preceded with a pledge from its curator/director, Peter Jackson. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. We need your consent to load this YouTube content We use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.
Today, five decades after they officially broke up, The Beatles came alive again, and a myth got buried about their break-up being captured on film in Let It Be. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a house where The Beatles were basically a deity, maybe it’s because their catalogue of songs grows even more remarkable as I get older - but music, as well as family and football, has always been one of the three great loves of my life.
Beatle fan John Byrne give a big Fab Macca Wacky Thumbs Aloft to Peter Jackson's highly-anticipated delve into the Beatle rehearsal footage from 1969 that formed the basis of the Let It Be documentary.
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