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Beatles forums => Films, TV Shows, Interviews => Topic started by: nimrod on January 31, 2019, 12:02:46 AM
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This looks like good news, this guy is a genius judging by what he did on the recent WW1 documentary.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47055236 (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47055236)
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That’s great news. There’s often been rumours of a recut Let it Be using lots of unseen footage. And given Jackson’s penchant for more is more (how he strung The Hobbit out to nine hours of movies still amazes me), it’s likely to be a nice long film. Maybe he’ll make it a trilogy as well. ;)
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Since we can never have any new Beatles performances, all we can do is hope for more revelations from the past. Too bad the time machine only goes backwards - sigh.
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3 weeks it be at cinemas.
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That early? I assumed it’d be out for 50th let it be anniversary next year.
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partypeople
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^^^
When?
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^^^
When?
Fake news, from Facebook! ;D ;D ;D
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Fake news, from Facebook! ;D ;D ;D
The nerve of some people! No wonder I couldn’t find it anywhere.
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It’s probably what’s coming out, just not til next year.
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Now official
https://www.thebeatles.com/news/walt-disney-studios-release-acclaimed-filmmaker-peter-jackson (https://www.thebeatles.com/news/walt-disney-studios-release-acclaimed-filmmaker-peter-jackson)’s-documentary-beatles-get-back
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I wonder if it will wind up on Disney Plus?
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I wonder if it will wind up on Disney Plus?
Then we might get a Beatles ride at Disneyland!!
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Then we might get a Beatles ride at Disneyland!!
Too bad Manson blew any chance of having it called The Helter Skelter. I thought Disney was going to have every movie they ever released on Disney Plus but I watched a vlog from someone who apparently should know and he said no one knows. Someone must know.
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Too bad Manson blew any chance of having it called The Helter Skelter.
I doubt a ride with Piggies smeared in fake blood on the walls would be the sort of ride most people would want for Disney or the Beatles.
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I'll pass on seeing this in the theater. I saw Let It Be when it played in the theater in 1970 and I have a very good bootleg of the film with lots of outtakes.
I also bought this bootleg a few years ago...
(https://i.postimg.cc/B4D76tJY/DSCN0060.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/mLC1Mxhs/DSCN0061.jpg)
...which has hours and hours of rehearsal sessions and alternate takes on it. I'm all Get Backed and Let It Beed out!! ;D
I found it amusing that Paul said "I am really happy that Peter has delved into our archives to make a film that shows the truth about The Beatles recording together. The friendship and love between us comes over and reminds me of what a crazily beautiful time we had." Unless they found some additional footage that I haven't seen, there was a lot of disharmony during these sessions, eg.
https://youtu.be/iG8DyMyVlVU (https://youtu.be/iG8DyMyVlVU)
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https://youtu.be/4jiCMJh-Dgc (https://youtu.be/4jiCMJh-Dgc)
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Too bad Manson blew any chance of having it called The Helter Skelter. I thought Disney was going to have every movie they ever released on Disney Plus but I watched a vlog from someone who apparently should know and he said no one knows. Someone must know.
One of us must know...
https://youtu.be/Bq-bNR-z7Nk (https://youtu.be/Bq-bNR-z7Nk)
...sooner or later.
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Stevie Riks videos are just what I need right now!
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So now let Paul entertain you with a cavalcade of his doo doos...
https://youtu.be/uSHwnEti5E8 (https://youtu.be/uSHwnEti5E8)
;D
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It's the faces that are the most entertaining!
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Then we might get a Beatles ride at Disneyland!!
If Disney ever got rights to do something in a park, they wouldn't do a single ride, hell Aerosmith got a single ride (great ride btw), the Beatles would get their own park and would equal the fandom of the Star Wars park and be way beyond Harry Potter at Universal. Damn, now I want a Beatles park done by Disney...
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The film has been pushed back to be released in August 2021.
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Really?! That’s like a years delay and then takes it out of the 50th anniversary year ???
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Really?! That’s like a years delay and then takes it out of the 50th anniversary year ???
Maybe his equipment comes from China. And like Kmart and all the furniture stores there are no deliveries ATM. ha2ha
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A lot of movies are being pushed due to covid (ex. The Black Widow urgh). No sense in releasing them to empty theaters.
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Yep. Cinemas open here on 1 July. But what films will be appearing is anyone’s guess
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This looks like it could be amazing
https://youtu.be/UocEGvQ10OE (https://youtu.be/UocEGvQ10OE)
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agreed, and the footage looks clear/crisp, amazing
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Nearly 52 years ago!
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This looks like it could be amazing
[url]https://youtu.be/UocEGvQ10OE[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/UocEGvQ10OE[/url])
Just WOW!!
I'm gonna like this party2
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Please Please Me, and play the whole Rooftop concert!
;yes
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rewatched this excerpt again...wow...I even counted 4 confirmed Yoko smilings in the footage, woohoo!
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According to The New York Post: It has been a long and winding road, but the long-awaited Peter Jackson-directed documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” will debut over the span of three days — November 25, 26 and 27 — on Disney+
You can read the news release here: Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ to debut on Disney+ on Thanksgiving (https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/the-beatles-get-back-documentary-sets-november-disney-premiere/)
And here, on The Beatles website, too: “THE BEATLES: GET BACK,” A DISNEY+ ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES DIRECTED BY PETER JACKSON, TO DEBUT EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+ (https://www.thebeatles.com/news/%E2%80%9C-beatles-get-back%E2%80%9D-disney-original-documentary-series-directed-peter-jackson-debut-exclusively)
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Very disappointed in hearing this. Was really looking foward to seeing it in the cinema in August. I don’t watch television or anything that streams so looks like I’ll miss out >:(
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I have Disney + but that is disappointing. I’d prefer to watch it on the big screen. Hopefully it’ll get some limited distribution through cinemas at some point.
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I have Disney + but that is disappointing. I’d prefer to watch it on the big screen. Hopefully it’ll get some limited distribution through cinemas at some point.
the win is that it is 6 hours long!
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the win is that it is 6 hours long!
And you can record it. :)
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the win is that it is 6 hours long!
To be fair I’d struggle to sit through six hours, even of the Beatles, at a cinema. So treating it like a mini series won’t be too bad. Maybe it’ll get some sort of theatrical cut at some point.
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I have Disney + but that is disappointing. I’d prefer to watch it on the big screen.
To be fair I’d struggle to sit through six hours, even of the Beatles, at a cinema.
Agreed on both counts. Would be fantastic to see this on the big screen, but 6 hours. . .
I don't have Disney+ at present but will subscribe temporarily just to see this.
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I don't have Disney+ at present but will subscribe temporarily just to see this.
This looks like the perfect occasion to use the trial period ;)
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And you can record it. :)
I haven't had disney+ long or used it a lot yet, how do you record it?
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This looks like the perfect occasion to use the trial period ;)
You read my mind. :)
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This looks like the perfect occasion to use the trial period ;)
Yes
Maybe buy an 85" TV
cheer1
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I haven't had disney+ long or used it a lot yet, how do you record it?
Your DVD or Blu-ray player should be able to record the program.
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(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61EdzV5OPXS.jpg)
Amazon announced today that the hardcover version of The Beatles: Get Back is available for Pre-order: The Beatles: Get Back Hardcover – October 12, 2021 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0935112960/ref=pe_27541010_592902960_em_1p_1_lm)
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I'll pass on seeing this in the theater. I saw Let It Be when it played in the theater in 1970 and I have a very good bootleg of the film with lots of outtakes.
This is the bootleg DVD I bought on Amazon in 2004...
(https://i.postimg.cc/69p5RKGy/20210705-183725.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/qkDBxF8Q/20210705-183800.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/2kqkcxGY/20210705-183853.jpg)
It appears on eBay every now and then.
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I bought a crappy version on eBay around 2007. Film quality is poor and sound isn’t great either. I can’t wait for the new Jackson film plus what I assume will be a remastered and cleaned up version of the original.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/FNvdP7f6/Let-It-Be.jpg)
Let It Be was filmed in 16mm. The quality of the movie in the theater and on my DVD are about the same. I'm happy with my DVD as that's the way I saw it in the movie theater in 1970.
Watching the movie that night in 1970 was not an enjoyable experience. I sat there witnessing the end of a group that defined the 1960s and I wondered what the new decade in music would be like.
The digitally remastered version is, of course, much better as we have seen on the Sneak Peek. I'm curious to see how Disney+ will present the movie. They might add the out takes into the film. It wouldn't disturb the continuity of the original theatrical release as that version was pretty much disjointed anyway.
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I’d have thought the outtakes will be used to form part of the six hour Jackson film. Then they can leave Let it Be as it was. Just with better sound and upgraded picture.
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Isn't this due out soon ?
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I believe it's due out around the end of November?
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Yes the three episodes are being released on consecutive nights starting 25 November.
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Thanks guys
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New trailer out, looks Fab!!
https://youtu.be/Auta2lagtw4 (https://youtu.be/Auta2lagtw4)
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Certainly is fab. Can you imagine watching this on the big screen? I would sit for 6 hrs for sure. Guess I’ll have to wait for the DVD
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That looks fantastic. Seriously, what was Michael Lindsay Hogg thinking the way he put together Let it Be when all this footage was left in the can.
It does seem like Jackson is building a narrative of his own of course. But it might at least be an interesting one, unlike the original film.
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That looks fantastic. Seriously, what was Michael Lindsay Hogg thinking the way he put together Let it Be when all this footage was left in the can.
It does seem like Jackson is building a narrative of his own of course. But it might at least be an interesting one, unlike the original film.
but it appears he is showing both unseen goodness and fun with some of the bad, Paul making the remark about breaking up because Yoko sat on an amp and George walking out/quitting. Seems, at least in what they showed, to have both sides of the spectrum at least.
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but it appears he is showing both unseen goodness and fun with some of the bad, Paul making the remark about breaking up because Yoko sat on an amp and George walking out/quitting. Seems, at least in what they showed, to have both sides of the spectrum at least.
Yes. Looks like he’s framing it as them facing all these problems and they’ll finish with the triumph of the rooftop and other songs.
The footage looks great that’s for sure.
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Yes. Looks like he’s framing it as them facing all these problems and they’ll finish with the triumph of the rooftop and other songs.
The footage looks great that’s for sure.
Apparently it has been sharpened even more since the sneak peek
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Hurry up and watch the Rooftop Concert before YouTube takes it down...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Dk6Tp0Tkw# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Dk6Tp0Tkw#)
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And remember, there's always The Rutles Rooftop Concert for viewing pleasure...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amiBTezWKqQ# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amiBTezWKqQ#)
:)
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It'll be nice to see the footage cleaned up and less like watching a tv station with bad reception.
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But that's the way we saw it in theaters in 1970. They filmed it in 16mm. There's a certain charm to it, in my opinion.
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new clip put out today, I am very excited to see this, the quality of the enhancement of the film looks great.
https://youtu.be/nSrCk1icisI (https://youtu.be/nSrCk1icisI)
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Yes, the enhancement is superb. I love how at the end Ringo says to Paul "Is that one called "I Got A Feeling?"
The cameraman, wearing that Mona Lisa smile, knew that was coming.
Yeah, the whole movie was like that. The most notable scene was George getting fed up with Paul's incessant criticism...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG8DyMyVlVU# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG8DyMyVlVU#)
The argument is put into context here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwdX2-FRRE8&t=634s# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwdX2-FRRE8&t=634s#)
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Paul and John went at it too in 1969. Paul always appeared oblivious to the trouble he was causing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNBDDuYOOq8# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNBDDuYOOq8#)
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Yesterday, on 60 Minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWFYMk2DPg# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWFYMk2DPg#)
...Overtime
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60 minutes Australia had one of the cameramen on, very interesting
https://youtu.be/_uYiFiP9snw (https://youtu.be/_uYiFiP9snw)
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I watched part I this morning, true treasures for fans. I watched it alone, knowing others in my house would not be interested on each word spoken...can't wait for tomorrow's part II and then the conclusion with the full rooftop concert, will be amazing in my opinion.
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I'll be watching it alone as well given that I have no local Beatles friends or family. Right now I am frustratedly stuck in front of a football game. Looking forward to tomorrow night, when I can curl up and enjoy the episodes.
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Yes really enjoyed first episode. I agree it’s really for fans. I’m not sure how more casual viewers would appreciate a lot of the noodling around on old songs and in jokes. Although the potted history at the beginning at least gives viewers context.
Won’t do any spoilers for the moment for those who haven’t seen it. Suffice to say there’s some really funny moments, some interesting views of them working out the arrangements and, without going into detail, a moment for all those Yoko fans out there. Michael Lindsay Hogg is a big presence in this version. Mal Evans also gets lots of screen time.
The film quality is interesting. At times brilliantly clear but at others quite fuzzy, like parts of the film were beyond doing much with. The repair work done on the original film is apparent occasionally. Sometimes their faces look smoothed out, as if computer animation had been used. People more savvy with digital restoring of film will no doubt be able to point out what’s been done.
Sound quality is great. They’ve cleaned up the sound very well from the Twickenham parts.
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part II doesn't disappoint either, wow, some wonderful footage and moments (no spoilers for you)
I had my wife, a lifelong supporter and put-up-with supporter of my Beatle fandom, on part II. She really got a kick out of a few parts in particular and the banter and oddities that are part of it all.
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part II doesn't disappoint either, wow, some wonderful footage and moments (no spoilers for you)
I had my wife, a lifelong supporter and put-up-with supporter of my Beatle fandom, on part II. She really got a kick out of a few parts in particular and the banter and oddities that are part of it all.
You can really hear the music come together in Ep 2. The sound is very punchy on the songs too. And lots of funny moments. They seem to be genuinely enjoying themselves after getting away from Twickenham. . Great to see more of Billy Preston.
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I have nothing to add here, except that I'm enjoying the series. I wonder how more casual Beatles fans, who aren't acquainted with more intense fans, are perceiving it.
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Only watched part 1 so far, really enjoyed it, Paul annoying George ha2ha No-one speaking to Yoko, like she's not there :-\
What can I say, this is Beatle heaven for me , and they played that old song I mentioned last week.
https://youtu.be/4Ya_86m7vNw (https://youtu.be/4Ya_86m7vNw)
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Only watched part 1 so far, really enjoyed it, Paul annoying George ha2ha No-one speaking to Yoko, like she's not there :-\
What can I say, this is Beatle heaven for me , and they played that old song I mentioned last week.
[url]https://youtu.be/4Ya_86m7vNw[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/4Ya_86m7vNw[/url])
Yeah loving hearing all these snippets of songs that I hadn’t heard of before. And hearing songs like a Get Back just grow from nothing is terrific. Ringo is great too. His quiet expressions are priceless.
Can I also just say, Linda McCartney was very attractive.
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Just watched part 1 so far really enjoyed it.
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just finished up part III, so awesome
tiny bit of a spoiler below
Loved, loved loved the camera recording the police in the lobby and Mal basically buying time when he came down. So much more details than I had seen previously. So sad it is over, until they find footage stored away for 60 years from recording Abbey Road... <can only hope>
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just finished up part III, so awesome
tiny bit of a spoiler below
Loved, loved loved the camera recording the police in the lobby and Mal basically buying time when he came down. So much more details than I had seen previously. So sad it is over, until they find footage stored away for 60 years from recording Abbey Road... <can only hope>
I think Debbie the receptionist deserved a bonus too. Also stalled beautifully.
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agreed, fun watching it and seeing new things
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another couple of things I was not up to speed on
- when they went to film/record all this for Let it Be they had just released the white album only 2 months prior, finished recording is a few months before that. The pace, even at the end was incredible, new music all the time.
- The had so much of Abbey Road started, seedlings during this time, Something, Octopus' garden, Polythene Pam, Golden Slumbers, Her Majesty, Maxwell's Silver hammer, Mean Mr. Mustard, I want you, Oh Darling.
- plus they had a few that showed up in solo works shortly too
so in less than 2 years they recorded and released a double album (White) , Abbey Road and Let it Be.
AND it was normal for them to be that prolific
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another couple of things I was not up to speed on
- when they went to film/record all this for Let it Be they had just released the white album only 2 months prior, finished recording is a few months before that. The pace, even at the end was incredible, new music all the time.
- The had so much of Abbey Road started, seedlings during this time, Something, Octopus' garden, Polythene Pam, Golden Slumbers, Her Majesty, Maxwell's Silver hammer, Mean Mr. Mustard, I want you, Oh Darling.
- plus they had a few that showed up in solo works shortly too
so in less than 2 years they recorded and released a double album (White) , Abbey Road and Let it Be.
AND it was normal for them to be that prolific
Yes if this was them having a bad month then it’s a bad month more of us should have.
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Oh and not to forget another little tidbit treat for Yoko fans in episode 2!
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Well, my appetite is sufficiently whetted for Episodes 2 and 3. :) Today life got in the way.
Most people likely will probably deem this a trivial matter, but I thought the opening song–video clip montage was very well done. At 8 minutes, I think it provides a nice overview for more casual fans and, for us more dedicated fans, a pleasant trip down memory lane.
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The most notable scene was George getting fed up with Paul's incessant criticism...
I was struck by how calm George was during this exhange as well as when he walked out. When I've read about these events in books, I pictured, in the first instance, George snapping angrily at Paul and, in the second instance, him (George) storming out, and this may well have been the case, given George's personality, but to me the incidents seemed much less full of drama than I anticipated.
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Oh and not to forget another little tidbit treat for Yoko fans in episode 2!
in ep 3, Heather learns a trick from Yoko...
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you know, reading comments on FB and youtube from fans and haters about the documentary is both so therapeutic and angering.
So many people are overjoyed by this production, this beautiful fly on the wall moment, if you can call 8 hours a moment.
While there always is bias in any documentary, this dispelled some things I held as fact while providing some new beliefs of their relationships that hadn't been allowed previously.
Some of you may fall into the group of posters that might say- "I'm not paying to subscribe to Disney for this", some may also say- "i've bought or paid for so much over the years" - I urge you to get past it and watch these 3 parts.
If you are on these forums, you have professed your love of things Beatles. These should not be shelved until you can get them on dvd (who knows when that will be).
I've reconnected with a couple of life friends that share the love of the Beatles, texts have been flying back and forth over the last handful of days, its been great. One of those friends, a very close friend who is a bit older than me let me know he has been battling stage 4 prostate cancer over last 6 months. He let me know after I had gone on a bit about Get Back. The next day, he texted me a simple thanks, thanks for giving him the tip on subscribing to Disney+, he loved part I. Gave him a moment of release away from what he is going through I hope.
Sorry for the long rant - hope you all are doing well- hope you all take this project in and enjoy it as much as I have.
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I'm sorry about your friend, blmeanie. :(
Just finished Episode 2; I found it so wonderful, like I was right there in the studio with them, which was a great feeling. So far this project has given me a sense of the Beatles that I have never gotten from any of the books I have read or movies/documentaries I have watched. In my opinion it truly is, as one reviewer wrote, a Holy Grail for Beatles fans.
I thought it was fascinating to watch the various songs (e.g., Get Back, Two of Us) develop in real time, so to speak.
Oh and not to forget another little tidbit treat for Yoko fans in episode 2!
Which was mercifully short. ;)
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Yes, there are many haters around ;D
I was on a Manchester (English Premier league) soccer forum last night and there is a thread in off topic about Get Back. Manchester soccer fans pretty much hate Liverpool fans (main rivals) so they dislike the Beatles.
A few saying the later Manchester bands are way better, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Oasis, Happy Mondays etc. but happily a lot of Beatle fans on there as well, it reminded me of Brexit, such split opinions. ha2ha
Anyway Im loving it. Theres also a sadness though which keeps rearing its head in my mind, only Paul seemed to want to work. Id have liked to be a fly on the wall at the meeting in Ringo's huge house the day before George came back.
I cant decide, did Pauls work ethic drive them apart, if he'd been more laid back would they have drifted but eventually got back together like The Stones keep doing, or was Paul doing the right thing in sort of taking over and being a bit bossy? Did Paul cause the split, or was it Yoko ? ???
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I cant decide, did Pauls work ethic drive them apart, if he'd been more laid back would they have drifted but eventually got back together like The Stones keep doing, or was Paul doing the right thing in sort of taking over and being a bit bossy? Did Paul cause the split, or was it Yoko ? ???
Allen Klein seemed to me to play a big part in the breakup as well, perhaps not directly, though. Or perhaps by the time he was introduced the band was already too far gone on that path.
I got choked up when Paul mentioned at one point—I'm drawing a blank on his phrasing—something along the lines of them getting together and singing when they were all old.
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I've reconnected with a couple of life friends that share the love of the Beatles, texts have been flying back and forth over the last handful of days, its been great. One of those friends, a very close friend who is a bit older than me let me know he has been battling stage 4 prostate cancer over last 6 months. He let me know after I had gone on a bit about Get Back. The next day, he texted me a simple thanks, thanks for giving him the tip on subscribing to Disney+, he loved part I. Gave him a moment of release away from what he is going through I hope.
Sorry for the long rant - hope you all are doing well- hope you all take this project in and enjoy it as much as I have.
Sorry to hear that BLM that’s tough. I don’t doubt being able to watch Get Back would have been a great tonic for him.
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Theres also a sadness though which keeps rearing its head in my mind, only Paul seemed to want to work. Id have liked to be a fly on the wall at the meeting in Ringo's huge house the day before George came back.
I cant decide, did Pauls work ethic drive them apart, if he'd been more laid back would they have drifted but eventually got back together like The Stones keep doing, or was Paul doing the right thing in sort of taking over and being a bit bossy? Did Paul cause the split, or was it Yoko ? ???
The sadness for me is when my mind goes to - there is no new content/songs, ever again.
Paul's work ethic - if it wasn't there causing friction- it might have meant a later split date, but with possibility of less material, maybe Let it Be album or <gasp> Abbey Road never happens... now I am happy that it went the way it did.
As for the haters - I have grown to shrug when someone hates or even says outloud that the Beatles weren't that good.
I am waiting for the cancel culture to come looking for removal of songs that imply things to , I don't know, girls that are only 17 for example?
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Yes, there are many haters around ;D
I was on a Manchester (English Premier league) soccer forum last night and there is a thread in off topic about Get Back. Manchester soccer fans pretty much hate Liverpool fans (main rivals) so they dislike the Beatles.
A few saying the later Manchester bands are way better, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Oasis, Happy Mondays etc. but happily a lot of Beatle fans on there as well, it reminded me of Brexit, such split opinions. ha2ha
Anyway Im loving it. Theres also a sadness though which keeps rearing its head in my mind, only Paul seemed to want to work. Id have liked to be a fly on the wall at the meeting in Ringo's huge house the day before George came back.
I cant decide, did Pauls work ethic drive them apart, if he'd been more laid back would they have drifted but eventually got back together like The Stones keep doing, or was Paul doing the right thing in sort of taking over and being a bit bossy? Did Paul cause the split, or was it Yoko ? ???
But if they didn’t have Paul’s work ethic and sheer ability driving them they wouldn’t have achieved half of what they did and wouldn’t have been the Beatles. I think this version shows Paul in a better light. You can see he’s wanting to direct things but keeps pulling back. It breaks through every so often but as the episodes go on they all seem more collaborative. And happy with what they achieved. They rocked up to do abbey road pretty quickly so they mustn’t have been too put off.
As for the break up it was definitely Yoko sitting on George’s amp.
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I am waiting for the cancel culture to come looking for removal of songs that imply things to , I don't know, girls that are only 17 for example?
Yep, Paul imitates a Jamaican accent doing two of us at one stage. He is so cancelled.
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Allen Klein seemed to me to play a big part in the breakup as well, perhaps not directly, though. Or perhaps by the time he was introduced the band was already too far gone on that path.
I got choked up when Paul mentioned at one point—I'm drawing a blank on his phrasing—something along the lines of them getting together and singing when they were all old.
Yes. When we’re old we’ll all agree, we’ll all sing together. Something like that. Very poignant.
I think Klein was a big factor. John’s divorce line opened the final rift but Klein meant Paul couldn’t or wouldn’t come back to the other three when it might have been possible. Knowing John he would have changed his mind in a few months.
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you just made me remember the scene where John starts making out with yoko during a run through one song, wondered what was going on, then he announced that Yoko's divorce was made final...so...no cell phones, no texts, how did they just find out right then or did Yoko hold the news until just that moment?
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Yes. When we’re old we’ll all agree, we’ll all sing together. Something like that. Very poignant.
I think Klein was a big factor. John’s divorce line opened the final rift but Klein meant Paul couldn’t or wouldn’t come back to the other three when it might have been possible. Knowing John he would have changed his mind in a few months.
Yes, very true.
Ive seen about 1.5 of the series now and Im sympathizing with Paul a lot. What a talent he has.
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Loved, loved loved the camera recording the police in the lobby and Mal basically buying time when he came down.
I think Debbie the receptionist deserved a bonus too. Also stalled beautifully.
You gotta hand it to that Mal and Debbie. They really knew their job. icon_good
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The film quality is interesting. At times brilliantly clear but at others quite fuzzy, like parts of the film were beyond doing much with. The repair work done on the original film is apparent occasionally. Sometimes their faces look smoothed out, as if computer animation had been used. People more savvy with digital restoring of film will no doubt be able to point out what’s been done.
Moog, it's like Auto-Tune, but for video. The more correction that's needed, the more artificial it will appear.
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As for the break up it was definitely Yoko sitting on George’s amp.
...and eating his digestive biscuits...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8CwKY3slXA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8CwKY3slXA#)
;D
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Yes, very true.
Ive seen about 1.5 of the series now and Im sympathizing with Paul a lot. What a talent he has.
Yeah he’s pretty impressive.
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Ive seen about 1.5 of the series now and Im sympathizing with Paul a lot. What a talent he has.
Agreed; I have a much greater appreciation of him now.
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...and eating his digestive biscuits...
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8CwKY3slXA#[/url] ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8CwKY3slXA#[/url])
;D
I might be imagining things but Im sure I saw Yoko chomp into some chocolate biscuit thing in one episode. Will have to rewatch!
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I just finished the series. What a treat! I was sorry to see it end. I'm definitely going to go back and watch the rooftop concert footage more times. I thought Paul looked absolutely jubilant. I just loved it.
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I just finished the series. What a treat! I was sorry to see it end. I'm definitely going to go back and watch the rooftop concert footage more times. I thought Paul looked absolutely jubilant. I just loved it.
It was great wasnt it. Hard not to feel good for them when you see how up they were after the rooftop.
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I was struck by how calm George was during this exhange as well as when he walked out. When I've read about these events in books, I pictured, in the first instance, George snapping angrily at Paul and, in the second instance, him (George) storming out, and this may well have been the case, given George's personality, but to me the incidents seemed much less full of drama than I anticipated.
I heard an interview with Peter Jackson. He suggests that George’s quitting wasn’t just to do with tensions in the band. He was having difficulties at home and that might have been a big contributing factor to him walking away. Ken Womack has a similar view. So perhaps didn’t need a drama filled blow up. Just the niggles from not liking the band situation plus personal issues was enough to make him throw in the towel.
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I just finished the series. What a treat! I was sorry to see it end. I'm definitely going to go back and watch the rooftop concert footage more times. I thought Paul looked absolutely jubilant. I just loved it.
hi everyone...my name is blue...um...blue meanie...I have a problem...i...um...have watched a good bit of the 3 parts of Get Back a couple of times already...I have been told...um...that ... I ... um...I'm here...um ...I need help...
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...I need help...
Help! is on the way...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TPE-VRXaQw&t=76s# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TPE-VRXaQw&t=76s#)
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hi everyone...my name is blue...um...blue meanie...I have a problem...i...um...have watched a good bit of the 3 parts of Get Back a couple of times already...I have been told...um...that ... I ... um...I'm here...um ...I need help...
??? Would you mind clarifying why my post prompted yours?
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that you were going back to the rooftop to watch again, that was my first "get back" into the footage too.
The sheer joy they had playing on the roof is hard to ignore. John and Paul for sure were loving it. George was having fun watching them too. When John did the gibberish line in Don't Let Me Down, George had a great laugh at that.
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Finally finished watching The Beatles Get Back Documentary. Really enjoyed it particularly enjoyed them jamming to their early stuff ie Help!, Strawberry Fields, Love Me Do etc would have been great if they included them on The Rooftop Gig. I’m glad they included subtitles in scenes so we know what they were actually saying . Overall a great documentary!!.
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that you were going back to the rooftop to watch again, that was my first "get back" into the footage too.
Oh, OK; thanks for clarifying!
I’m glad they included subtitles in scenes so we know what they were actually saying .
I was grateful for that, too; I would have hated to miss anything that was said, and without those subtitles I'm sure I would have.
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Finally finished watching The Beatles Get Back Documentary. Really enjoyed it particularly enjoyed them jamming to their early stuff ie Help!, Strawberry Fields, Love Me Do etc would have been great if they included them on The Rooftop Gig.
I wonder did anyone think at some stage, why try to write and learn 14 songs in what was originally a bit over two weeks, and maybe do half a dozen interspersed with rock and roll covers they could do pretty quickly. At one stage George suggests doing at least one old Beatle tune, he proposes Every Little Thing, but that seems as far as it went. The idea of doing that many brand new tunes in the original time frame is a bit frightening.
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I wonder did anyone think at some stage, why try to write and learn 14 songs in what was originally a bit over two weeks, and maybe do half a dozen interspersed with rock and roll covers they could do pretty quickly. At one stage George suggests doing at least one old Beatle tune, he proposes Every Little Thing, but that seems as far as it went. The idea of doing that many brand new tunes in the original time frame is a bit frightening.
I wish they'd done Baby's In Black or You Cant Do That..... They could've done that !!
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I wish they'd done Baby's In Black or You Cant Do That..... They could've done that !!
Having Billy Preston on You Can’t do That would have been very cool.
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Anyone else watch the Rooftop performance more than once? ;yes
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Anyone else watch the Rooftop performance more than once? ;yes
Not yet, but I am definitely going to!
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The film quality is interesting. At times brilliantly clear but at others quite fuzzy, like parts of the film were beyond doing much with. The repair work done on the original film is apparent occasionally. Sometimes their faces look smoothed out, as if computer animation had been used. People more savvy with digital restoring of film will no doubt be able to point out what’s been done.
Sound quality is great. They’ve cleaned up the sound very well from the Twickenham parts.
I just came across this article and it reminded me of this post. I'm completely unfamiliar with audio and video restoration, or any sort of related technology, so I found this quite interesting: https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-beatles-get-back-shows-that-deepfake-tech-isnt-always-evil/ (https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-beatles-get-back-shows-that-deepfake-tech-isnt-always-evil/)
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I just came across this article and it reminded me of this post. I'm completely unfamiliar with audio and video restoration, or any sort of related technology, so I found this quite interesting: [url]https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-beatles-get-back-shows-that-deepfake-tech-isnt-always-evil/[/url] ([url]https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-beatles-get-back-shows-that-deepfake-tech-isnt-always-evil/[/url])
Yes I heard Peter Jackson talking about the audio restoration. Apparently the flower pot scene required a lot of work to make it audible above the background noise. They even went to the police in NZ who had a system for doing this which was used to make audio of drug deals and things audible. But they eventually developed their own system which they dubbed MAL. Stands for machine assisted learning but also a conscious tribute to Mal Evans. Which I think is great.
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Anyone else watch the Rooftop performance more than once? ;yes
so far I am at:
- part I once
- part II once
- part III twice completely plus rooftop (paul arrives on roof starting at 1 hour 25 minutes into part iii) 2 additional times so far
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Yes I heard Peter Jackson talking about the audio restoration. Apparently the flower pot scene required a lot of work to make it audible above the background noise.
I was impressed with the quality of that audio, for various reasons (e.g., placement, age of recording, background noise).
But they eventually developed their own system which they dubbed MAL. Stands for machine assisted learning but also a conscious tribute to Mal Evans. Which I think is great.
I think that's great, too. And I'm wary of straying off topic here, but I just read this on Wikipedia (so, a grain or two of salt is needed) last night: "In December 2021 it was reported that a biography of Evans, written by Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack, was to be published by HarperCollins' Day Street [imprint] in 2023, followed the next year by material from Evans' diary and archives." Something to look forward to.
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absolutely, while it may be a bit biased coming from Mal.
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The DVD release has apparently been delayed indefinitely :( :
https://www.noise11.com/news/the-beatles-get-back-dvd-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-20220419 (https://www.noise11.com/news/the-beatles-get-back-dvd-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-20220419)
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The DVD release has apparently been delayed indefinitely :( :
[url]https://www.noise11.com/news/the-beatles-get-back-dvd-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-20220419[/url] ([url]https://www.noise11.com/news/the-beatles-get-back-dvd-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-20220419[/url])
I’m hoping they will rethink the release since it’s being delayed. There was going to be no additional material, just what was on Disney.
Maybe they might even do the renovation on the original Let it Be film to add into a dvd package.
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Interestingly, this lady has collated all the extra non Beatle songs they sang/played throughout, I think it got to 46 of them. I enjoyed a lot of these ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itg-mlLgkM0# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itg-mlLgkM0#)