He wasn't the best producer in the Beatlesque catalog. It has a reputation as a depressing film, chronicling the final hours of an exhausted group. As for its “improved” version, which was launched by Peter Jackson three years ago (get back), it seemed more than enough.
Should we really be re-releasing the good old Let it be, released on screens in 1970? It has been discussed.
Officially, Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary has not been available since the early 1980s, and in fact, it has occasionally appeared on YouTube, in parts or in full. But the poor quality of picture and sound fueled its negative legend.
This new version, restored with the magic of the famous MAL-demix technology and shown on Wednesday on Disney+, rehabilitates it somewhat, and restores it to its long-awaited luster. The picture regained its colors. The sound is flawless. In this sense, his release was completely justified.
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It's also hard to imagine this movie continuing to rot stored away at Apple Corps, while its “little brother” get backHe continues his successful career in the sun. Peter Jackson's three-episode series released three years ago, made from snippets of the initial documentary, revived interest in the film. Let it be The year 1970. It was only legitimate to highlight the latter in order to give him a second chance to shine.
The problem is that despite the improvements, Let it be He now suffers from comparison with get back.
Purists will likely appreciate the respect paid to the original 16mm format and the “film” optical treatment, which appears less digital than that seen on film. get back By Peter Jackson. Others will see it as a true groundbreaking feature film, with that great ending on the roof of Apple, the iconic company. Rooftop concertWhere the band gave its last concert.
But at a short 83 minutes, Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary necessarily dwarfs its whopping nine hours It's done by me by Peter Jackson, which makes it look more like a trailer than a standalone “show” with a life of its own.
Peter Jackson's filmography certainly expanded the scope of the sauce, its endless progression punctuated by downtime and occasionally tedious work sessions. But she was credited with making the issues and slow disintegration of the group clearly understood (John's absence, George's angry resignation, private discussions between Paul and John), which Let it be The original, with its shortcuts and elliptical editing, doesn't really work, except for that little spat between George and Paul (“I won't play at all anymore if that's what you want”) and the ubiquity of useless things. Yoko is unnerving.
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All this to say so get back It became the essential key to understanding Let it bebut not the other way around.
But some things will never change. And Let it be He just assures them.
1) Paul McCartney was far ahead. 2) Yoko was very “clingy” to John. 3) Ringo looked really depressed. 4) The rooftop concert was a great idea and a great rockin' moment. 5) This film is not a masterpiece, but rather a curiosity. 6) We have to start by leaving the Beatles alone, because the more we add, the less magic there is. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case, judging by the various projects in the works, including this series of four feature films focusing on each of the four Beatles, directed by director Sam Mendes and planned for 2027.
It will certainly never stop.
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