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Beatles Documentaries
10 July 2011
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Ooh, how thrilling to start a whole new topic…. a-hard-days-night-george-8

 

Basically, I've (almost) seen the five main Beatles movies, and most certainly enjoyed them all… But what about these documentaries? Has anyone seen any of them? Are they good? Apparently the First U.S. Visit is one of the best ones. What do you all think?

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10 July 2011
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Other than Anthology, I have only seen The Compleat Beatles (which is better then Anthology in places, with lots of interesting interviews with George Martin).

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10 July 2011
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I've seen the first part of Anthology, but the dodgy DVD that I was watching kept screwing up on me… I'll have to buy it for myself someday so I can watch it in piece. 

And the Compleat Beatles? I've only so much as heard of that… When was it made, and what is it about in particular?

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10 July 2011
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AdmiralHalsey said:

And the Compleat Beatles? I've only so much as heard of that… When was it made, and what is it about in particular?

1982, apparently. Basically it's just Anthology (same time frame), but it features no new info from the Fabs, but it has interviews with george-martin, their first manager Allan Williams, Cavern Club DJ Bob Wooler, music writer Bill Harry, and musicians Gerry Marsden, Billy J. Kramer, Marianne Faithfull, Billy Preston, and Tony Sheridan. (Yes, I stole that from Wiki.)

I tried to think of something powerful and moving… and failed.  "You were given a choice between war and dishonor - you chose dishonor, and you shall have war" - Winston Churchill
10 July 2011
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Well, sounds worth checking out… And I would have been straight on Wikipedia if my Internet wasn't so annoying at the moment. So thank you kindly, Mr. Sun!

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10 July 2011
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I used to have that on VHS (video). I can't remember much about it – I don't recall it being particularly good or bad.
The Maysles brothers' documentary on the first US visit is brilliant, as is Gimme Some Truth, about the making of Imagine.

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10 July 2011
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I got last Summer A Long and Winding Road. It's interesting because it has interviews with other people involved with the Beatles, the most interesting IMHO was Julia Baird's interview. (She's John Lennon's sister)

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10 July 2011
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I also have some 25th anniversary "Making of Sgt. Pepper" documentary, which seemed to be culled from the Anthology interviews, with lots of George Martin. My mom (bless her) actually recorded that, as well as Anthology (the whole thing) on VHS when they came out. I love her.

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Edit: I also have this DVD of John and Paul's last interview with Larry Kane, which I need to watch.

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Hard to find good ones.  The Complete Beatles is very good for a single dvd, although it is far less sanitized than Anthology. That's one of the reasons why I like Imagine: John Lennon so much — doesn't pull any punches.  Anthology is, though, an outstanding collection of concert footage. I really hope there are plans down the road to release the film Let It Be as well.

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26 July 2011
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I love watching the Anthologies, but I always watch them on Youtube. The DVDs are too expensive for my part time minimum wage. a-hard-days-night-paul-1Will have to look up a few of these other ones being mentioned. 

 

(I also just tried to answer 4 + 8 with 10. a-hard-days-night-paul-10 Don't ask me how, must be getting tired.)

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kelicopter said:

(I also just tried to answer 4 + 8 with 10. a-hard-days-night-paul-10 Don't ask me how, must be getting tired.)

How? It's only 7 over there.

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mr. Sun king coming together said:

kelicopter said:

(I also just tried to answer 4 + 8 with 10. a-hard-days-night-paul-10 Don't ask me how, must be getting tired.)

How? It's only 7 over there.

I'm currently functioning on about two hours sleep. a-hard-days-night-ringo-13

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AdmiralHalsey said:

Ooh, how thrilling to start a whole new topic…. a-hard-days-night-george-8

 

Basically, I've (almost) seen the five main Beatles movies, and most certainly enjoyed them all… But what about these documentaries? Has anyone seen any of them? Are they good? Apparently the First U.S. Visit is one of the best ones. What do you all think?

I really like the 'First U.S. Visit' DVD. It was interesting seeing some footage between their shows. What was really interesting is how much George was so funny and was really open in the early days. 

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