I spent much of my TV-watching time this week binging “Get Back” (it’s closer to 8 hours than 6), and it greatly exceeds my mildly optimistic expectations. I have linked below my favorite review (which is to say, the one I most agree with).
It is a stunning achievement, often thrilling, sometimes heartbreaking. It is not precious, and gives us plenty of warts for everyone (except maybe Ringo). Despite the opening sentence of about 4 of the reviews I read, I doubt anyone other than my ten-year old self really thought Yoko broke up the Beatles in any simple way, so I don’t think absolving her of that blame is a major accomplishment. What is a major accomplishment is that I came away from this liking her a little (though still, not her screeching). One of the take homes from this is the possibilities afforded by streaming. I think this was originally going to be a theatrical film, and even a long one would have been little more than a third of what we have here. Perhaps this could have played as a mini-series on HBO, but I doubt it would have the same impact in 8 or even 4 weekly installments, and I suspect most people who watch the whole thing now will see it in a week or two at the most. One of the things I did during the pandemic lockdown was listen to every Original Beatles album in chronological order, mostly while writing my chart notes or waiting out no-shows. What struck me most is how much better “Let it Be” was then I had remembered. The last Beatles album released, it was the first one I ever listened to start to finish the week it was released, though with childish, 9-year old ears. By the time I got to junior high school the conventional wisdom, which I totally parroted, was that LiB was inferior Beatles. Listening again last year to the entire album (or albums) I found that I rated almost every track as very good or superior. In that context, watching this mega doc was a special treat. And by now, with the LOTR, that amazing WWI documentary, and this master work, Peter Jackson has to be seen as one of the great filmmakers of his generation. https://variety.com/2021/music/opinion/get-back-beatles-essential-rock-documentary-peter-jackson-1235120784/ On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 7:33 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > The project, based on Michael Lindsay-Hogg's *Let it Be*, and once > planned to be cut down to two hours for theatrical release, documents the > final, and actually not-so-tumultuous, period of the Fabs' togetherness... > including the entirety of that rooftop concert... another postponement > brings its release date to around Thanksgiving, even more footage is > believed to be planned as extras when the home video is ready, and a > companion book will arrive in October... > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-jacksons-the-beatles-get-back-headed-to-disney-for-thanksgiving-bow-1234969639/ > (link) > > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8b74c185-8951-4b11-aa5c-8ded913f2342n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8b74c185-8951-4b11-aa5c-8ded913f2342n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKDvDscx%3DZKZTjyvM_nao1hYtbG%2BpdNwO4cdPj0QHcFng%40mail.gmail.com.
