It’s a very unflinching look at what goes on.”įor fans who remember Lindsay-Hogg’s film, or have read dismal anecdotes in any of dozens of Beatles books, Jackson’s scenes of lighthearted antics and creative breakthroughs jump off the screen. It shows everything that Michael Lindsay-Hogg could not show in 1970.

“But actually it’s almost the exact opposite. “Everyone sort of thinks it’s a whitewash” because the Beatles have authorized the film, Jackson said with a laugh. “‘Just for one day, just watch them, and I’ll be really quiet and sit there.’” “‘I wish I could go in a time machine and sit in the corner of the stage while they were working,’” he said, describing a lifelong dream like a child praying for the ultimate Christmas present. “It’s sort of that one impossible fan dream,” Jackson said in a video interview from Wellington, New Zealand, where he has spent much of the last four years in a darkened editing suite surrounded by Beatles memorabilia. 25 to 27, encapsulate the twin sides of the most contested period in Beatles history - the glory of artistic creation by the world’s most beloved and influential rock band, and the grueling conflicts that led to its breakup, announced a year later.įor Beatles fans, or any student of 20th-century pop culture, these are astonishing glimpses into the band’s working life and the tensions that surrounded them. Those back-to-back scenes in Peter Jackson’s documentary series “ The Beatles: Get Back,” a seven-hour-plus project that will be shown in three parts on Disney Plus from Nov. Harrison blurts out what they may all be thinking: “Maybe we should have a divorce?” Lennon, who seems to space out for much of the meeting, declares vaguely that “communication” with an audience is his only aim, while an impatient McCartney challenges his bandmates to show some enthusiasm for the project or abandon it. They have loose plans for a concert TV special featuring brand-new songs, but most of the men appear to be dreading it - and may be dreading one another, too. Later that same day, after John Lennon arrives, the four rock deities gather in a circle and bicker. “Get back to where you once belonged.” Almost like magic, a Beatles classic begins to form out of nothing. Within minutes, a mid-tempo groove takes shape and a familiar vocal melody emerges. With Ringo Starr and George Harrison sitting groggily before him, a tray of toast and jam by their side, McCartney starts to strum and sing, searching for inspiration. “Lennon’s late again,” Paul McCartney says matter of factly, as he plugs in his bass guitar. It is a cold January morning in 1969, and three of the four Beatles are assembled in a cavernous film studio in London, with cameras rolling and microphones everywhere.

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