The Beatles: Get Back

Description

Gaining access to 60 hours of footage shot for the 1970 album making-of documentary "Let It Be," and utilizing cutting-edge restoration techniques, Peter Jackson delivered an astonishingly comprehensive window into the twilight days of The Beatles. Through three weeks of writing and rehearsal, culminating with their full January 1969 Apple Corps rooftop concert, the creative processes, fissuring tensions, and abiding affection amongst John, Paul, George, and Ringo are revealed as never before. 7 3/4 hrs. On three discs. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Review: Having watched this three times on Disney, and the rooftop gig at the cinema, it is the most incredible footage of The Beatles at work and completely brings them to life in your own living room. You almost become part of the process. At around 7 hours it is completely engrossing and I for one could happily sit through the other footage that hasn’t been used. Obviously Peter Jackson’s editing is superb, but the actual filming by Michael Lindsay Hogg is masterful. Although it shows a generally positive vibe throughout, it all rapidly and acrimoniously fell apart not long after this was filmed, so I have no issue with MLH’s original Let It Be film, which in my option is quite balanced. Unlike the original film, there aren’t any full songs in the PJ version (other than the rooftop ones) and that is a shame and in my opinion the only thing that could improve an already amazing experience - there are many songs and you are drawn in only for them to cut short. There are no contemporary “talking heads” to spoil the flow of this documentary, only the live footage of those who were there creating the story. The product itself is flawless. Not impressed at all by the haphazard issue though, all seemed very amateurish. The months long will it or won’t it be issued, followed by an eventual release with month long delivery estimates, and even then only on Blu-ray, lead me to miss the initial affordable release, instead holding back for a copy I could buy in a physical shop. This never happened and the online shop supply also dried up, then sporadically reappeared at varying exorbitant prices with only imports available. Got my straight DVD copy eventually at good price, it is basically packaged in standard dvd flip case, absolutely no issue with that, no random rubbish to inflate the price, all you need is on the discs. The DVD region issue is also badly handled. I have an ancient region free player which plays the Region 1 disc without any issues, but I can imagine that this is just another added frustration for many in a region 2 zone. In my opinion this incredible film has been poorly marketed, and, other than big Beatles fans, so many people I speak to don’t even know it exists! Review: あらためてビートルズの理解が深まる作品です。長い作品ですが、飽きずに何度も鑑賞できました。オススメします。