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George Harrison, George Martin, John Lennon

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Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Octavio Cortázar

Release Date: January 1, 2001

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  • harrycaul
    May 11, 2008
    harrycaul
    I wouldn't be surprised if the reason why "Let It Be" is so difficult to obtain legally has something to do with Paul McCartney's awareness that he comes across as a bit of a twat in it. When he's not bullying George Harrison about his playing, he's bitching to John Lennon about ...( read more)Harrison's reluctance to perform in front of a live audience. There's also something cringe-making about the way in which McCartney earnestly pitches his songs ("Let It Be" and "The Long and Winding Road") straight down the barrel of the camera, while the other band members generally try to ignore the film crew.

    In the short-term, giving up touring in 1966 immeasurably improved the quality of both The Beatles' song-writing and their record production, but it also gave them too much free time to devote themselves to dubious religious enlightenment and naïve business ventures; in the era of Peace and Love they were a soft touch for parasitic spongers. If the formation of Apple Corps was a significant nail in the coffin of The Beatles, so too was the fact that, by stopping touring, they had effectively cut themselves off from their raison d'être: their audience. The famous rooftop concert that ends "Let It Be" is the perfect metaphor for the demise of The Beatles themselves. There they are on the roof of the Apple Building, working-class heroes turned businessmen, playing their hearts out for the public one last time - to a crowd of curious but largely unappreciative white-collar conservatives. It's a spectacle as tragic as it is uplifting.
  • rubystevens
    May 9, 2008
    rubystevens
    i'm not sure i can objectively rate this but it was a joy to watch. it's alot of raw footage interspersed with amazing performances from the legends of my childhood. seeing them jam in the studio on shake rattle and roll and lawdy miss clawdy and witnessing the creation of the ...( read more)songs that became their last album was an emotional experience for me. it all culminates in 20 mins of the famous rooftop concert, seriously disrupting business in the street below, as some complained! i thought the touching relationship between john and paul was still quite evident here despite attempts to demonize yoko ono. this film was not easy to come by but if u get the opportunity, check it out. it's an awesome piece of rock n roll history
  • ileo
    January 24, 2008
    ileo
    Fantastic!
  • libbylow
    July 17, 2009
    libbylow
    I haven't seen it yet.
  • FlyingSolo2009
    July 17, 2009
    FlyingSolo2009
    I really don't want to watch a documentary about the friggin' Beatles.
  • musicalshai97
    April 8, 2009
    musicalshai97
    again i really wanna c it
  • pantalla9
    February 3, 2009
    pantalla9
    No hay momento más antológico en la historia del rock?n roll (y porqué no, en la historia de la música del siglo XX), que aquel último concierto que ofreció The Beatles en el techo del edificio de Apple Records, en Londres, disquera que ellos mismos fundaron? y que ahora los veía...( read more) despedirse. Instantes nostálgicos, tristes, pero sin duda con algo de humor y energía, interrumpidos con la llegada de la policía para callar a una de las bandas de rock más grandes de todos los tiempos.

    ?¡Gracias a todos, hemos pasado la audición!? fueron las palabras de despedida de John Lennon, cuando fue imposible seguir el concierto, que los ?cuatro fabulosos de Livepool? planearon cuando ya estaban fragmentados como grupo (incluso quisieron realizarlo a bardo de un barco), y que quedó inmortalizado en el documental Let it Be (1970), del realizador Michael Lindsay-Hogg. El documental mostró lo que nunca antes: una sesión entera de The Beatles grabando, aunque agonizantes como grupo, mostrando signos de hartazgo uno de otro, y un par de discusiones de George Harrison con Paul McCartney y John Lennon, dejando claras sus diferencias creativas y de egos musicales. Eran cuatro fieras musicales enjauladas, que pedían un poco de aire. Y ahí también están presentes la eternamente demonizada Yoko Ono, esposa de Lennon, y Linda McCartney, esposa de Paul.No hay muchas virtudes cinematográficas en el documental. Hogg no es un realizador prodigioso ni mucho menos. En su mayoría, el documental es un aglomerado de los momentos más significativos de la grabación de "Let it Be", de algunas risas, bromas y momentos relajados entre los cuatro Beatles. Su gran valor, es que nos lleva de la mano por los rincones más íntimos del espacio creativo de The Beatles, dentro de su estudio de grabación. Nos involucra en sus discusiones, nos hace sentir incómodos de estar ahí. Constatamos que lo que al principio del grupo eran bromas, juegos, tonterías y alegría, ahora es una amarga y forzada reunión, más por compromiso que por otra cosa, de aquellos que parecían inseparables.
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  • nubcat
    January 11, 2009
    nubcat
    An interesting movie that showed the band on it's last leg. They still have some chemistry between them, but the whole band looks bored. Only during the rooftop concert does the band come alive. Also Paul comes off as kind of a dick for most of the movie.
  • anotherwhitemeat
    December 17, 2008
    anotherwhitemeat
    There are a number of fascinating moments witnessed here, but there are far too many subtleties of interest to count. If you love the Beatles I recommend this strongly. If you don't love them, listen to one of their records. My favorite moment here is when George is helping Ring...( read more)o work out Octopus's Garden, and John comes into the studio, sees George with a guitar and Ringo on the piano, so naturally, he sits down on the drums and starts to play with them. I think there's something pretty strong there, even if it's each individual's relationship to music rather than each other. I love that moment.
  • beatles43362000
    November 8, 2008
    beatles43362000
    very good for a roof top concert

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