Every Beatles fan has heard about the upcoming documentary The Beatles: Get Back by now. Directed by Peter Jackson, famous for his work on Lord of the Rings, this project is said to be one of the best films about the band. It shows footage from the recording sessions of their iconic album Let it Be in a way no one has ever seen before, and will come out on Disney + at the end of November 2021.Fans can be sensitive about things like this, especially considering how many myths have surrounded this legendary band, so to put their minds at ease and to calm the impatience, let's see what the director and the Beatles themselves have said about this documentary.
6 It Will Show Another Side Of The 'Let It Be' Sessions
Let it Be was the last record The Beatles ever released, but not the last one they recorded, which was Abbey Road. This means that, when Let it Be came out, it had already been finished for a year. In addition to the album, there was also a movie about the recording sessions that showed irreparable tensions between the band members. However, Get Back director Peter Jackson has recently revealed that fans will get to see a completely different side of the band.
"The thing is, when the film was released, The Beatles were breaking up, but they weren’t breaking up when they were making Let It Be, which was recorded a year earlier. So I suppose it would have been odd to release a film where they are all enjoying each other’s company," Peter explained in an interview with GQ.
5 There Will Be A Resolution To The Iconic Fight Between George Harrison And Paul McCartney
The narrative of the Let it Be film was that John Lennon was off dancing with Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney was bossing everyone around, and George Harrison and Ringo Starr were being ignored. One of the parts of the movie that made the fans believe that things between the fab four were horribly wrong was a tense argument between Paul and George, where Paul is insisting he plays things a certain way, and George gets fed up with it and says, sarcastically "I’ll play whatever you want me to play. Or I won’t play at all if you don’t want me play." The documentary will show the context and the conclusion of it.
"We’ve given people the context for the interaction by showing the full six-minute conversation," said the director. "It no longer feels like an argument. It no longer feels like Paul is getting on George’s nerves. You understand what Paul’s trying to achieve. You understand where George is coming from. And the whole thing actually makes sense."
4 Paul McCartney Was Nervous To See It
It's hard to imagine something could make the greatest songwriter of the last century nervous, but this documentary did it. When Paul heard about the project he agreed that it was a good idea, but before watching the early edit of it, he actually got nervous. This was because, for decades, people talked about what a horrible time the Let it Be sessions were for the band, and part of him ended up believing it. Luckily, as soon as he saw it, he was relieved.
"It was so reaffirming to me. Because it proves that my main memory of the Beatles was the joy and the skill," the Beatle said. "I bought into the dark side of The Beatles breaking up and thought, 'Oh god, I’m to blame.' I knew I wasn’t, but it’s easy when the climate is that way to start thinking so. But at the back of my mind, it was always this idea that it wasn’t like that, but I didn’t see proof."
3 Ringo Starr Never Liked The Original Movie, So He's Glad About 'Get Back'
It's no secret that Ringo Starr wasn't happy with the Let it Be movie, he has said so many times, so he is thrilled about the Get Back documentary. It will be, in his opinion, a good way to set the record straight.
"Everybody knows my position. I thought the downer was much bigger than the rest of it (in Let it Be). I was there. There was lots of fun… I said, 'I know there’s lots of humor there.' Thank God Peter came along and decided he’d take the gig," Ringo said. "He’d come over with his iPad and show me scenes where we’re just having fun. I mean, we’re playing, but we’re having fun as well. And that’s what I wanted to see."
2 The Documentary Will Show The Famous Concert On The Rooftop
The concert The Beatles played on the rooftop of their Savile Row studio is without a doubt one of the most iconic concerts of all time. In the Let it Be movie fans got to see a few songs played there, but recently Ringo confirmed that the whole concert will be featured in Get Back.
The drummer was beyond excited about that. Apparently, the original film only showed 20 minutes, while the complete show is over 40 minutes long.
1 It Has The Beatles' Approval, But They Haven't Influenced The Process
It's always a good sign when the artists featured in the documentary are as excited about the project as the fans. Peter Jackson, being a huge Beatles fan, wouldn't have it any other way. He always ran everything by Paul, Ringo, Olivia Harrison, and Sean Lennon, and thankfully they have always given the green light while respectfully letting him do his job.
"I think they’ve got the attitude that enough time has gone by that it’s historic now; they are no longer trying to protect the legacy," Peter said. He then added: "They’ve slowly warmed to the idea of letting people under the hood, as they say, to see how things were happening, and I think they now feel, with this series, that it is time, after 50 years, to just rip off the lid and show people what it was actually like. Because, I mean, this is The Beatles and you’ve never seen The Beatles like this before."