The scenes included in the film show the four simply trying to make music, and often as not having fun doing it.
Let It Be (1970)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:9
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: While becoming superstar musicians the Beatles also managed to make several movies along the way. Let It Be was to be a making-of movie about their writing and recording processes. With cameras... While becoming superstar musicians the Beatles also managed to make several movies along the way. Let It Be was to be a making-of movie about their writing and recording processes. With cameras rolling every step of the way, the group soon realized that their previously successful and prolific songwriting and recording methods were not going to translate well to the big screen. In-fighting and arguing plagued the sessions to a point where the foursome split up and Phil Spector was called in to organize the wealth of recorded material into an album for release. A highlight of the film (other than the music) is a performance of the group on the roof of their Apple Corps headquarters on Saville Row on January 30, 1969 which turned out to be their last together. The police interrupting the performance and the shots of the crowds on the street and nearby rooftops are oft-repeated elements still in use in music video and concert films today. [More]
Starring: Beatles
Starring: Beatles
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Producer: Neil Aspinall
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Reviews for Let It Be
The sycophancy of the direction notwithstanding, this survives as a fascinating record of both the Beatles' collapse and their unending power over their audience (us).
Like the album it shares a name with, the film is not all it should have been.
Phoney documentary with great music. Notable for the bits of truth that get through
Sanitized it may well be, but agonizing nonetheless -- it's a domestic squabble that somehow touches history.
The only glimpse we will have of the world's most successful and influential musical group at work
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