My favorite film: Backbeat

[peregrine9]

The Guardian
November 17, 2011
My favorite film: Backbeat
In our writers' favourite film series, Paul Owen explains why the Beatles bromance between John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe strikes a chord.

Backbeat tells the story of the Beatles' pre-fame Hamburg days, focusing on Stuart Sutcliffe, the band's magnetically sexy original bassist, and his relationships with John Lennon and the beautiful and exotic German photographer Astrid Kirchherr. It's a great premise, and director and co-writer Iain Softley tells the tale with all the smart dramatic pacing, period detail and musical verve you might hope for. But, perhaps more surprisingly, he also creates a complex and emotionally sophisticated portrayal of love, friendship and attraction.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/nov/17/my-favourite-film-backbeat?newsfeed=true

[nimrod]

not sure about the 'artistic license' used but yes its a great film, I enjoyed it a lot, in fact its time to watch it again..

(not as good as Nowhere Boy imo)

[Badgirl66]

by the Way the Actress ,who played Astrid speak  german words himself.