I’m quite looking forward to this
You wait ages for a new Beatles film then four come along at once..
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Not really a fan of biopics especially for such a familiar story. However A Complete Unknown may have helped me change my mind on that point, and there are good actors involved and a director with a decent reputation.
The big question is whether Lewisohn can get Vol 2 of his biography out by 2028 😉
I agree about biopics, they usually leave me cold but the idea of treating each Beatle as an individual rather than one homogenous mass gives a lot of room to make the project very AW friendly
Apparently the idea is that films can be watched back to back so I wonder if they will focus, say, on Lennon 62-63, Macca 64-65, George 66-67, Ringo 68-69 with them all appearing in each other’s films but the focus being on the named Fab for that particular period.
From what I can gather, each film covers the same ground but from four different perspectives. Just how ‘bingable’ this would be for civilians I’m not sure..
Ah ok
That description – ‘four different perspectives’ – is the same format of ‘Talking To A Stranger’, a four-part TV drama from 66 with Judi Dench, a ‘fantastic’ four-part TV drama from 66 with Judi Dench.
You can’t say I don’t keep it Golden Age.
Apparently there’s a Talking Heads one too. They already cast a David Byrne. This must be the face. Classy biopic is the new box set. Heritage acts will never die.
I’m in!!!
Given the commitment required from all involved, I would think the amount of trawling carried out on the social media accounts of all the principals would be something to behold.
I genuinely assumed that this announcement was an April Fool joke. Is there a cinema going audience to justify the 4 film releases within a month? Not much in it for the youngsters. In two years time how many multiplexes or independents will remain anyway? I suspect one of the streamers will take the reins on this project before too long. (I’ll be watching it of course!)
I thought so too. Some major, A-lister films have struggled for audiences lately, so are enough people going to watch what amounts to roughly the same story being told four different ways? Or do those involved think Macca fans will turn up for his film, Lennon fans for his, etc.?
Also, is there much left to say about the Fabs that we don’t already know? Surely by now every civilian is aware of their story, let alone music obsessives like many of us here.
I would have thought that too, but I have recently disabused of that notion by a few YouTube videos of younger people listening to their music or watching videos (there was one of an American couple in their 40s watching Don’t Let Me Down from the rooftop and they confessed to only knowing a few songs and being surprised at how they looked in 1969 compared to their impression of them which was rooted in 1964 images). I am also aware of a number of people who saw A Complete Unknown and have got into Dylan through that. I think we assume people know more than they do.
I have seen Macca live many times. As most know he will play 20 or more Beatles songs. Am pretty sure most of the audience only really know 5-10 of them intimately. Saw him play The Night Before once (in Milan), I was getting quite excited, most others seemed to be thinking what on earth is this?
But I look at these films as being fairly minor in the whole scheme of things. If they are entertaining and well made then that’s probably enough. I wouldn’t expect to learn much from them
Yes, great but it’ll be no “Birth of the Beatles” will it
They cannot be serious.