Along with Jacques Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse, I think Get Back one of the very best films about the creative process I've ever seen. Like La Belle Noiseuse, it takes its time getting where it wants to go, but that's part of the point. We're watching work being done, work that's often deeply rewarding but also involves a lot of trial and error. It's also work being done by four people who may love one another but are clearly not seeing eye to eye all the time anymore, and personally I didn't blame George for a moment for taking a walk. It reminded me so much of what sometimes sucks about being in a band , as well as what's great about it -- rehearsals and writing are annoying and tedious so much of the time until it suddenly gets brilliant and fun, which reminds you why you put yourself through it in the first place. And I think it's instructive to know no matter how good or how big you are, it's still work. The Beatles were just better at it than most folks.

Unlike La Belle Noiseuse, there isn't a gorgeous naked woman to focus on. But watching stoic, brilliant Ringo soldier through it all and do some pretty great drumming is more than OK, and discovering Glyn Johns in 1969 looked exactly like Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls made my day.

Not crap, it's rewarding and sometimes moving. Check it out.

^ Apparently, the character of "Z-Man" was inspired by Phil Spector.... so the other Let It Be producer, but they got closer to the first one.

losthighway wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:07 pm ^ Apparently, the character of "Z-Man" was inspired by Phil Spector.... so the other Let It Be producer, but they got closer to the first one.

Roger Ebert said that Z-Man was loosely based on Phil Spector, but neither he or Meyer had ever met him or knew much about him, so most of it was guessing ans invention. I think they improved on their model. Z-Man seems a lot more fun than Spector, at least until he went on a homocidal rampage (which Spector did too, come to think of it, though on a smaller scale -- everything is bigger in the movies).

isn't Peter Jackson supposed to be a big deal or something? His editing decisions are just corny

Sir Peter Jackson? He's Sam Raimi at best, George Lucas at worst. I'm surprised he managed to suppress the urge to turn the rooftop concert into a digital 3D environment and make the camera fly loops around them.

This is still the first place my mind goes when hearing the name Peter Jackson.

penningtron wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:25 am This is still the first place my mind goes when hearing the name Peter Jackson.

This or "Meet the Feebles".
Both better than LOTR.

What makes it great and the best I’ve seen is that it’s a such detailed historical document. The most detailed I’ve ever seen. It’s astounding. It’s a slog to get through and I had to watch it in six parts and I very well may never watch it again but it scratched my curious about history itch to the fucking bone. Very real, very candid. A clear window into 50 years ago. Seeing how different everyone’s behavior was from what it would be today. The cops today would have gone apeshit, not been intimidated and stalled for time by Mal Evans. Just supreme excellence.

Real life and work can be very boring. Even for the greatest band in the world. That’s partly what’s so amazing about it. It humanizes them and their experiences. So many of my music nerd friends said something similar to “it was like being at my bands practice”. For the first time for I think a lot of people they related to the four men in the Beatles. As humans and as individuals. We all recognized so many aspects of ourselves in them. I got to spend three weeks as a fly on the wall with the Beatles in the studio. Fuck yeah.

I don’t care for musical outtakes but the overall sound was fantastic as well. Especially the rooftop performances. They don’t sound like they’re outside at all. I could definitely watch that again. I liked seeing all six cameras at once.

good research guy here,
i'm drooling.
the thought of lennon taking guitar advice from donovan has me lol.

first time i've ever seen a capo on a bass.
this band still blows my mind.

El Protoolio wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:01 pm I liked seeing all six cameras at once.

It’s like being at an OTB parlor.

RE: presence of other people i.e. Yoko, Linda etc.

Don't see a problem there at all. Quite natural to have partners hanging around sometimes.

However.

What's with the two hare krishnas just sitting watching from 30ft away? That's just f'kin weird man. Cut that shit out.