I looked at that thumbnail and thought "Hey, he's dressed like Paul, he really went for the beard he had in let it be" I'm saying you did a great job with it
Really great review and overview of the whole Let it be/Get Back movies. One take away I had of the restored Let it Be was the vocal mastery of Paul. Jeez, that guy could sing ….
I love that you open with all the technical details. Agreed with you about there not being enough context for it to be depressing as well! I feel like Let It Be is like the 'performance version' of Get Back, cuz we get so many back to back performances!
Saw you had a Dylan video listed on your patreon, I’d love to see you talk about him some more! Bringing It All Back Home is an album of his I adore especially.
I have to admit, I thought it was your Ringo video when I first glanced at the thumbnail. As for Let It Be, I thought Get Back would render it superfluous, but it wound up being far more essential than I was expecting and certainly nowhere near the downer. If anything, I have to wonder why Paul and Ringo sat on it for so long.
My only criticism from Get Back would be that PJ didn't allow for visual of ONE song from the Let It Be album to show The Beatles performing it from start to finish without cutting it up. At least in Let It Be you get two or three.
While I'm not a fan of the "Let it Be" film as compared to "Get Back", of course, the shift in the quality of the A.I. restoration is pretty incredible. It makes me wonder if they'll go back and fix "Get Back" now; it would be a huge job, but it would be SO worth it, ultimately, to remove that artificial smearing effect. I don't know if the tech itself has improved or if they literally just pushed it too much on "Get Back", but either way, it would be great to have those 9 hours with less of that filtered effect.
If memory serves, in "Let It Be" you actually see Paul playing the "Let It Be Song," whereas in "Get Back," you only hear the song in full, as the credits roll at the end. Wasn't that a key omission in "Get Back"?
it always feels like the beatles never intended to remae the help album art or go back up the mountain that they were activley glorifying things like abbey road and knew about how inconic it could be. they knew they were going on the roof. i feel like a lot of the drama and the break up was manufactured, and then used real arguments reall discontent. the beatles created their own press release. i think they neve rreally fell out they just never let us see that they were in control. doesnt mean they were happy
It's hard to dislike Lindsay-Hogg because ultimately, without him, we wouldn't have all his footage. Mock his big concert idea all you want, but keeping the cameras rolling was a choice we should be forever thankful for.
Oh, the restoration between Get Back and Let It Be (2024) is like day and night, especially shot in 15:10 showing how the DNR process does paint over a lot of the details. I'm honestly impressed with how much the process has improved, and I do hope that an updated (and extended) version of Get Back does occur.
@@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575it's always good to see an auteur type having some humility and admitting they maybe went too far or fucked up in some areas.
I saw LIB in theatre 1970 - loved it - we never got to SEE them you know. I never thought it was depressing. (yes , Paul and John on one mic, George and Ringo Octopus’ Garden, everything you mentioned!!) And they look warm and beautiful. Turns out though, I was just watching a movie. In Get Back , I was in the room where it happened, eating toast and drinking tea with them, tripping over wires and swinging from the rafters ~ being very human! I love the context Peter Jackson gave us, not to mention the mind-boggling scene with the song Get Back being born. And Billy Preston’s arrival with the four Beatles almost bowing down to him, paying their respects and not acting like insufferable rock gods. ALL the Billy contributions that you can’t possibly know from watching LIB, yet crucial to the project’s survival and success. I love having both films! Thx for your review. I’ve been anticipating it!
Yet another great show, Elliot, thank you! Side note: Michael Lindsay-Hogg must have blown a gasket when Pink Floyd performed and filmed “Live At Pompeii” just a couple years later! 😂
No, it actually isn't. The Snyder cut was necessary because a corporate entity hadn't allowed the public to experience the director's uncompromised vision for Justice League. In stark contrast, Let It Be was the original film released and Michael Lindsay-Hogg's uncompromised vision. The remaining Beatles then buried it for decades and repurposed his footage in an attempt to rewrite their own history, a history that they, John, George, and every Beatles historian had corroborated for fifty years! Get Back, like the original Justice League, is the result of a corporate mindset marginalizing the singular vision of a director. Fans who supported Zack Snyder only did so because what they saw on the screen failed to align with their ideas of what these characters ought to be doing; they didn't actually care whether a director was being silenced. The reason that many people prefer Get Back is because it panders to their notions of what the Beatles _should_ have been, rather than conveying the truth of what they really were. As a sprawling, unfocused film with proportionately little insight into the state of the Beatles, Get Back not only makes us largely forget about the very real personal struggles that were metastasizing within the band but in doing so, also makes us forget about how overcoming those struggles in the short term for the greater good of us all legitimately made the Beatles heroes, albeit flawed ones. Peter Jackson does include some interesting moments of tension, but they are lost in the vast sea of delightful but disposable jamming. A documentarian has the difficult job of illuminating his subjects' primary motives, and the only way to do that is to edit, sometimes to the exclusion of less important truths. The band would be over several months later, so it is gaslighting to suggest that just because the Beatles still enjoyed working together a fair amount (something Let It Be does not gloss over), the end was neither near nor foreshadowed by the January '69 sessions. Where there are no stakes (or rather, where the stakes are buried amidst numerous hours of footage), there are no palpable triumphs. Get Back is very intentionally hours of meandering fun but not much else. Let It Be is a concise snapshot of a band of brothers fighting burnout and interpersonal friction to create art with the power to unite disparate segments of humanity. Let It Be's ending is transcendent _because_ there are a limited number of moments on which to focus and a serious effort to construct a narrative in which the viewer perceives the significant central conflicts hindering the creative process. A slab of marble does not tell a story; only through skillful and determined chipping away can we perceive a vision reflecting someone's authentic identity. Who were the Beatles of January '69? According to fifty years of interviews and research, they were primarily a band of guys who, despite loving one another, had grown weary of collaboration and were on their way to splintering. They put the art first, and the collateral damage was their interpersonal relationships, individual autonomy, and peace of mind. Let It Be is a pithy statement that subtly communicates this, reminding us of a timeless indispensable truth: All art costs its creators something, and if artists are to be admired (not idolized), then it should be because they are willing to make personal sacrifices for the greater good of uniting humanity.
I read on Reddit that Get Back is pretty much the making of the Let It Be film, which makes a lot of sense. I was really excited to see this get restored, since it’s always such a hard find all for a pretty bad quality version. It looks great and was exciting to see. I’m hoping for a dvd release in the future for sure.
I watched this with my dad, who hadn't seen it since it was in theaters in 1970. He said that at the time, everyone was blown away by it, but we both agree that it's a bit disappointing compared to Get Back. But it's still a cool relic on its own!
I felt quite differently after watching this after my viewing in 1970. I was depressed by it then. Now I am so happy to see that in fact it was fun, not depressing. I now think I was depressed about the breakup when I saw it in 70.
Excellent summary. One of the many who went to the theater in 1970, only to walk out depressed. Having watched the new version I questioned what was wrong with me in 1970….oh yeah, my idols broke up…..as I thoroughly enjoyed it this time.
Don't feel bad about your beard Elliot. Few can match the 1960s Beatles in speed they could grow facial hair. John goes from clean shaven in Get Back to having a giant full beard by Abbey Road. George does almost the same thing. How? It would take most of us forever to grow beards like that.
One of my brothers have to shave at least two times a day if he wants to be clean shaven. Another couldn't even get a proper mustache until in his thirties or forties. Genes, man, sometimes they sure are funny.
The initial scope of the project, even for musicians as gifted as the Beatles, was overly ambitious & a little naive. They planned to start from scratch, work out a full album of tracks, rehearse the finished versions & then play them all live at a gig [there were various places suggested, not just Lindsay-Hogg's idea] in just one month. The album released would a recording of the gig. That false time constraint helped create the pressure to have live-performance-ready tunes too quickly. The Twickenham venue was not conducive & the constant filming & sound recording inhibiting. Had they changed their schedule in these areas, been more selective in the filming, given themselves more time & chosen a good, intmate venue in the UK to play a gig (of, say, an hour or so) the result would've been more coherent and done justice to the great songs they created. A tv special with, say, 20-30 mins of studio footage plus the concert footage would've been the best suited format. Instead they abandoned it, made Abbey Road, and the Let it Be recordings became a football between McCartney & the other 3 beatles [with Allen Klein]. The result was predictably uneven and unfocused but a testament to the band that it's still a great record.
I liked having “Two of Us” the electric version and “Across the Universe” in Let It Be, that wasn’t included in Get Back. Especially now in better quality as compared to the low quality of my dvd bootleg I’ve had probably since 2006. I doubt they will, but GET BACK would benefit well being re-restored like LET IT BE. I would buy it again!
Too harsh on Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Without him, there is no Get Back or Let It Be. And, apparently, he had the seal of approval from The Beatles. At this point in their careers, you couldn't just force people to work with them. I think they got along well with MLH and were happy to do the project with him. So, calling him an MFer was uncalled for. ...In my humble opinion.
Ever since I first saw Let It Be, I felt like it was unfairly maligned as a "break up film." When I watched it, I always felt after the intro that it is quite upbeat, and hearing them run through all of those songs and have fun doing it is a treat that really gets me ready for the rooftop concert at the end. Glad to see the court of public opinion is finally changing too
I can’t imagine seeing the original Let it Be without having all the context Get Back provides. In LIB it didn’t seem obvious to me that George left the group. Additionally, I thought I was going to see all kinds of negativity of the band members but it wasn’t that bad.
I remember watching Let it Be on BBC TV back in 1978/79 or so as a 10 year old... I even recorded the audio to my new cassette recorder. I was not at all familar with later period Beatles at that point and only had the 1963-66 compilation but knew of some of the later tunes via radio and the Beatles cartoon which was very popular back then. I remember thinking how basic the Beatles were in the film and how it seemed a step back from Strawberry Fields and Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds which were amongst my fav tunes at that time. I distinctly remember thinking Don't Let Me Down was a bit boring and the film a bit of a downer.... skip forward 40 or so years and I really like the tunes a lot more than I did. Looking forward to watching the film again. Thanks for the video!
I think Get Back looks really good. Maybe a little too smooth in some cases, but the colors are superior and more life-like, especially without pro-lighting designed for each of these documentary shots....Let it Be now looks great too. But film grain isn't natural either, we are just more used to it from watching old movies and TV. I'm glad we have both. The 4:3 framing of Let it Be is the main thing that's a cool difference, seeing the full picture how the original camera operators framed it all.
Fun fact: Via marriage, Michael Lindsay-Hogg is related to the actor Bill Moseley who is best known for his work with Rob Zombie and his role in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. These things wouldn't normally be associated with The Beatles but there is a Beatles connection with both Rob Zombie and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 beyond that. Rob Zombie has performed "Helter Skelter" in concerts and there is a poster of The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" album cover (the infamous "butcher" cover) on the wall of a radio station in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. It's not that Earth shattering, but it's mildly interesting so I thought it worth mentioning lol.
I absolutely adore your channel!! From the in depth research, to the love and passion for music that's seen in the videos, the great editing, and the utterly amazing outfits ❤ Appreciate it so much, keep up the great content 🙏🙌
Feels good to hear Jackson admit there was WAY too much DNR on Get Back. Maybe, just MAYBE, they can correct it, at least for streaming, with less grain-nuked footage. Then it would be worth owning in a 4K collector's edition, even bootlegging.
I'm personally happy that we got remastered performances of Two of Us, Take 27B/28 of Let It Be, and Take 19 of The Long and Winding Road. Those were probably my favorite parts of Let It Be that were not in Get Back. I hope to get around to watching this sometime.
"It's not 2021 anymore" but I think 2021 is when this conversation was done haha. It's been sitting for that long. You're right though, they could have met up in 2023 or earlier this year to re-do the interview and have an in-person chat, because this is such an important release.
Excellent restoration. Looks good, sounds good. And it's not depressing at all. It's just a musical document showing The Beatles goofing around in endless jam sessions, which is fun and interesting for hardcore fans. But it's still a bad movie. MLH provided no context for any of these scenes. As we can see in Get Back, he is constantly going on about not finding a story and George tells him that he has enough footage for 10 movies, meaning, don't worry, you'll find the story in the editing room. Clearly he never does. Since the rooftop concert is the centrepiece, the obvious story to tell is the journey to the rooftop. Peter Jackson ends up telling that story, but it should've been here. Even the one scene he includes that is relevant to the "journey" to the roof (John and Paul discussing how George is wrong about film), is cut before they actually touch on it. It's greatest strength is, in fact, it's greatest weakness. There's just too much music and not enough dialogue, so the viewer is forced to project their interpretations onto every scene, which is why the "fight" between Paul and George has taken on mythic proportions, despite the fact that they are merely talking at cross-purposes. Listen carefully, they are both trying to tell the other that they're just trying to help. And I think the scene between John and Paul where you hear Paul but see John, is the reason for the idea that Paul is domineering and John is checked out, because John says nothing and looks bored out of his mind. In fact, he is listening intently and nodding to show his agreement with a lot of what Paul is saying, despite the fact that it sounds to the viewer like Paul is rambling on incoherently. [George is completely wrong and yet he agrees with him. Huh?]
I just watched Let it Be for the first time this weekend with friends, I had to keep explaining what was going on because my friends had NO idea what was happening or what they were talking about 😆
Have to say, I found ‘Let It Be’ a fantastic watch! Beautiful chemistry with the only areas that could be seen as negative and would’ve given Paul all the stick back in the 70s was talking to George about his playing and Paul and Johns conversation just before the album run through. Loved Besame Mucho and I think the ‘Let it Be’ demonstrated how loud they actually were on the roof when switching to shots from the street, the echoing vocals,,, Loved your video too!
The movie was nowhere near as depressing as people have been making it out to be for the last 50 years. That being said, I think Get Back is the superior project since it provides a bigger context to where the four guys were creatively, as well as with each other. I also like how Get Back had sort of a "ticking clock" element to it: the fact that they have to write a bunch of songs and finish it with a big concert in a small amount of time before Ringo as to go away to shoot a movie. I already knew it ends up fine in the end, but it makes it more "dramatic" as a viewer. Also, moments like the guys talking about the loss of Brian Epstein, plus bits with the music publisher guy, reminds us that the Beatles still had a lot of other things going on at the same time they're trying to make this movie.
I think it really improved. I'd watched it many times as a kid on VHS, but it was really VERY GLOOMY. Even the joyful moments like the oldies medley seemed faded, bleak... It looks much much better now and I agree that tonally it's basically the same as Get Back, just as joyful.
It's a shame that they didn't just revert to the original 4:3 for that original home media release in the 80s. The version that most people have seen these days (prior to this new remastered version). The laserdisc release would have given us a DVD quality version if they'd not zoomed it and then zoomed it again. I'm disappointed that this new version is exclusive to Disney+ as I'd buy the DVD or BluRay.
Let It Be was so much different that what I would of expected. Like Michael Lindsey Hogg said during the taping shown in Get Back, he didn't have story. It's really just a collection of them running through songs. You don't really see multiple takes of any of the songs. There's only a couple moments of spoken dialogue. There's absolutely no context to anything. You have no idea why they were in Twickenham, why they moved to Apple, why they were on the rooftop. If you don't know what George Martin, Billy Preston, etc look like, you wouldn't know who they are since they're never introduced. Kind of a weird watching experience.
I'm 70 years old and I never saw the film LET IT BE in the theaters or even on video. I found it thoroughly enjoyable. The performances were great and left me teary eyed. It was great to see just how much fun the guys were having with each other. I did not see GET BACK before seeing this film. I LOVED "LET IT BE" !
This was my favorite Get Back highlight reel for sure. Also unrelated, but man they better go and remaster the other beatle films. It’s the 60th anniversary of Hard Days Night, all I’m sayin….
I love this video but please respect people’s decision not to meet in person. COVID is still around. I was disabled by it in 2023 and went from healthy 25 yo to bedridden and completely handicapped.
I’m calling it now. In one year, Disney+ will post Get Back Redux, incorporating footage from Let It Be that Peter Jackson was discouraged from using in his original cut. Plus, further sharpened and cleaned up.
It’s insane that Jackson is allowed to essentially destroy this massively important footage to our cultural history. Every Beatle looks like a f**king CGI watercolor painting now. It’s “better” in Let It Be than it was in Get Back, but it still looks absolutely ghastly to anyone who actually knows anything about film. Just… unbelievable. Grain isn’t an “unfortunate byproduct” that only appears in darker parts of the image. The grain literally IS the image. By “smoothing” or “reducing” the grain, you are literally erasing detail, even if it’s a lighter touch.
"It looks now like it was intended to look in 1969 or 1970, although at my request, Peter did give it a more filmic look than “Get Back,” which had a slightly more modern and digital look." - Michael Lindsay-Hogg, The New York Times
Because 4:3 is so nearly square and wide screen is so much better, Jackson chose to crop the footage. That meant losing many lines of resolution from a mere 16mm source, so Jackson used state-of-the-art AI to make the cropped and expanded footage look as acceptable as possible. For me, looking at a 4:3 image for 90 minutes is one thing; looking at a 4:3 image for all 8 hours of the Get Back documentary is another thing entirely. So, all in all, I appreciate Jackson giving us a widescreen image for Get Back, even if it does mean a loss in quality. After all, Get Back was almost universally praised for how good it looked. Only now with an uncropped image to compare against, does Get Back suffer by that comparison. But, it's not a fair comparison. Of course Let It Be looks better; it isn't cropped. And, of course, the restoration technology keeps improving and will continue to do so. I, for one, am salivating for a state-of-the-art restoration of the Star Club tapes!
I'm over the moon that Let it Be has been rereleased. I first saw it in 1980, and by far what stuck with me all these years was Dig It. I love what Get Back has done, but man there are 56 hours of footage. Get Back is brilliant but suffers from the modern quick edit. I didnt notice this the first time watching but after watching Let it Be then rewatching part 1 and 2 of Get Back, Man I want to just see the beatles without jerky camera cuts. My hope of all hopes is that 56 hours of footage can result in multiple great videos. I just want to see the raw footage of the boys playing.
Did everyone see the release of the cast I'm dying about it, Paul mescal is one o my favorite recent actors and Barry Keoghan looks appropriate for ringo, I don't know much about George and John actors but I'll put my faith in them and the project. God I'm so freaking exited to see a video of you on that, maybe give more time to have more information
I like get back but I really hate the smoothing on the image and the grain removal, me personally if something was shot on film it should have grain instead of looking like they ran it through a bad de-noise filter
I think your beard suits you, man
It does.
And the suit beards him.
We see what you did there.
Peace and love
george reference👀✨
You can’t hide from The ringo album ranking forever
YES the people demand it!!!
we demand it!!!!!!
The people have spoken Dr. Roberts, released the Ringo Rank!
Ringo randomly announcing a new country album after he said he was done with them probably delayed it.
Demanding!!!
We got george harrison 2 before gta 6 😭🙏🙏🙏
What?!?!? XDDDDDX
George Harrison 2: Australian Boogaloo
we got george harrison mixed with paul mccartney before gta 6 😭🙏🙏🙏
LMAO
im laughing so hard sir kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
I looked at that thumbnail and thought "Hey, he's dressed like Paul, he really went for the beard he had in let it be"
I'm saying you did a great job with it
The best result of this is that now Paul and Ringo are comfortable and happy about the Get Back period.
I'm absolutely happy.
Really great review and overview of the whole Let it be/Get Back movies. One take away I had of the restored Let it Be was the vocal mastery of Paul. Jeez, that guy could sing ….
I love that you open with all the technical details. Agreed with you about there not being enough context for it to be depressing as well! I feel like Let It Be is like the 'performance version' of Get Back, cuz we get so many back to back performances!
When do we get the Ringo Starr album ranking
Saw you had a Dylan video listed on your patreon, I’d love to see you talk about him some more! Bringing It All Back Home is an album of his I adore especially.
I think the amphitheatre concert would have been epic.
Coulda been Woodstock before Woodstock
Always a good day when Mr Roberts drops a video!
Been waiting for this!!
I have to admit, I thought it was your Ringo video when I first glanced at the thumbnail.
As for Let It Be, I thought Get Back would render it superfluous, but it wound up being far more essential than I was expecting and certainly nowhere near the downer. If anything, I have to wonder why Paul and Ringo sat on it for so long.
They hadn't watched it and people have been telling them it's depressing for 50 years.
Hogg must have been crestfallen, with the Stones R&R Circus being shelved and then Let It Be getting less than stellar reviews.
Elliot you look majestic my man
My only criticism from Get Back would be that PJ didn't allow for visual of ONE song from the Let It Be album to show The Beatles performing it from start to finish without cutting it up. At least in Let It Be you get two or three.
there are some minor editing differences, like a clumsy edit in "Besame Mucho" is different now (still clumsy though)
While I'm not a fan of the "Let it Be" film as compared to "Get Back", of course, the shift in the quality of the A.I. restoration is pretty incredible. It makes me wonder if they'll go back and fix "Get Back" now; it would be a huge job, but it would be SO worth it, ultimately, to remove that artificial smearing effect. I don't know if the tech itself has improved or if they literally just pushed it too much on "Get Back", but either way, it would be great to have those 9 hours with less of that filtered effect.
If memory serves, in "Let It Be" you actually see Paul playing the "Let It Be Song," whereas in "Get Back," you only hear the song in full, as the credits roll at the end. Wasn't that a key omission in "Get Back"?
I wanted, let it be for the promotional videos toward the end of the movie up to the point where the rooftop concert begins
Omg so we’re literally waiting on a ringo ranking video and a Beatles album video 😂
What about the complete performance of the song, LET IT BE, by Paul? Not too 10?
I’m surprised how good Michael Lindsay Hogg looks
it always feels like the beatles never intended to remae the help album art or go back up the mountain that they were activley glorifying things like abbey road and knew about how inconic it could be. they knew they were going on the roof. i feel like a lot of the drama and the break up was manufactured, and then used real arguments reall discontent. the beatles created their own press release. i think they neve rreally fell out they just never let us see that they were in control. doesnt mean they were happy
My secret dream is still to have ALL raw footage available for streaming. If anyone can sweet talk them into that, Peter Jackson can! (Right?!)
can you do a review of jersey boys?
hair and beard looking especially good this video
Even when Elliot tries to NOT look like George Harrison, he looks like George Harrison
I thought the same
Hahahahaha, this is accurate
Are we gonna mention that Bro's rocking on that McCartney look??
Right? As soon as I clicked I was like "oh my". We're eventually going to need a Best Elliot Looks list
I literally came to see if anyone had commented on this before writing my own little comment on how he ABSOLUTELY nailed the look
He literally mentioned it himself in the beginning.
It's the first thing that is mentioned in the video lol
Yes
It's hard to dislike Lindsay-Hogg because ultimately, without him, we wouldn't have all his footage. Mock his big concert idea all you want, but keeping the cameras rolling was a choice we should be forever thankful for.
You can’t hide from Ringo, Elliot.
context?
@@ricardo_miguel13He has reviewed every single solo Beatles albums EXCEPT Ringo. For months people have been waiting for him to review Ringo’s albums
@@Phoenix_The_Wolf Ah yes I tought he already did that in the meantime (at least he wants us to think that!)
Don't give up Michael, there's still time to get that amphitheater concert.
John and George just need to know so they don’t miss it, send a letter to heaven
To see john lennon and Paul McCartney singing side by side is one of the best things in life
I agree.
Why? The Let it be album as an album is among the worst garbage they ever wrote
@@cavallogianni I didn't mean just this particularly video, I mean any film of john lennon and Paul McCartney singing side by side is just wonderful.
It’s always a great day when Elliot Roberts uploads!
Oh, the restoration between Get Back and Let It Be (2024) is like day and night, especially shot in 15:10 showing how the DNR process does paint over a lot of the details. I'm honestly impressed with how much the process has improved, and I do hope that an updated (and extended) version of Get Back does occur.
This is the only thing I care about. Jackson butchered the footage.
@@jon4715 If his interview was anything to go by, he wants to rectify that. Question is whether or not Disney will want that.
@@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575it's always good to see an auteur type having some humility and admitting they maybe went too far or fucked up in some areas.
I saw LIB in theatre 1970 - loved it - we never got to SEE them you know. I never thought it was depressing.
(yes , Paul and John on one mic, George and Ringo Octopus’ Garden, everything you mentioned!!) And they look warm and beautiful. Turns out though, I was just watching a movie. In Get Back , I was in the room where it happened, eating toast and drinking tea with them, tripping over wires and swinging from the rafters ~ being very human! I love the context Peter Jackson gave us, not to mention the mind-boggling scene with the song Get Back being born. And Billy Preston’s arrival with the four Beatles almost bowing down to him, paying their respects and not acting like insufferable rock gods. ALL the Billy contributions that you can’t possibly know from watching LIB, yet crucial to the project’s survival and success. I love having both films! Thx for your review. I’ve been anticipating it!
Totally feel the same way!
Yet another great show, Elliot, thank you! Side note: Michael Lindsay-Hogg must have blown a gasket when Pink Floyd performed and filmed “Live At Pompeii” just a couple years later! 😂
Would’ve been Punching the air
Get back is pretty much the Snyder cut of Let it Be.
Except actually good 😂
@@neoPeakeexactly
No, no, no and... yeah, no.
No, it actually isn't. The Snyder cut was necessary because a corporate entity hadn't allowed the public to experience the director's uncompromised vision for Justice League. In stark contrast, Let It Be was the original film released and Michael Lindsay-Hogg's uncompromised vision. The remaining Beatles then buried it for decades and repurposed his footage in an attempt to rewrite their own history, a history that they, John, George, and every Beatles historian had corroborated for fifty years! Get Back, like the original Justice League, is the result of a corporate mindset marginalizing the singular vision of a director. Fans who supported Zack Snyder only did so because what they saw on the screen failed to align with their ideas of what these characters ought to be doing; they didn't actually care whether a director was being silenced. The reason that many people prefer Get Back is because it panders to their notions of what the Beatles _should_ have been, rather than conveying the truth of what they really were.
As a sprawling, unfocused film with proportionately little insight into the state of the Beatles, Get Back not only makes us largely forget about the very real personal struggles that were metastasizing within the band but in doing so, also makes us forget about how overcoming those struggles in the short term for the greater good of us all legitimately made the Beatles heroes, albeit flawed ones. Peter Jackson does include some interesting moments of tension, but they are lost in the vast sea of delightful but disposable jamming. A documentarian has the difficult job of illuminating his subjects' primary motives, and the only way to do that is to edit, sometimes to the exclusion of less important truths. The band would be over several months later, so it is gaslighting to suggest that just because the Beatles still enjoyed working together a fair amount (something Let It Be does not gloss over), the end was neither near nor foreshadowed by the January '69 sessions. Where there are no stakes (or rather, where the stakes are buried amidst numerous hours of footage), there are no palpable triumphs. Get Back is very intentionally hours of meandering fun but not much else. Let It Be is a concise snapshot of a band of brothers fighting burnout and interpersonal friction to create art with the power to unite disparate segments of humanity. Let It Be's ending is transcendent _because_ there are a limited number of moments on which to focus and a serious effort to construct a narrative in which the viewer perceives the significant central conflicts hindering the creative process. A slab of marble does not tell a story; only through skillful and determined chipping away can we perceive a vision reflecting someone's authentic identity. Who were the Beatles of January '69? According to fifty years of interviews and research, they were primarily a band of guys who, despite loving one another, had grown weary of collaboration and were on their way to splintering. They put the art first, and the collateral damage was their interpersonal relationships, individual autonomy, and peace of mind. Let It Be is a pithy statement that subtly communicates this, reminding us of a timeless indispensable truth: All art costs its creators something, and if artists are to be admired (not idolized), then it should be because they are willing to make personal sacrifices for the greater good of uniting humanity.
I read on Reddit that Get Back is pretty much the making of the Let It Be film, which makes a lot of sense.
I was really excited to see this get restored, since it’s always such a hard find all for a pretty bad quality version. It looks great and was exciting to see. I’m hoping for a dvd release in the future for sure.
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@cyndaxero3363 - That's a really interesting way to look at it! 🤔
@@Real_Boye Get Back is pretty much the making of the Let It Be film. (Is that better?)
Ringo’s album ranking is coming near.
I watched this with my dad, who hadn't seen it since it was in theaters in 1970. He said that at the time, everyone was blown away by it, but we both agree that it's a bit disappointing compared to Get Back. But it's still a cool relic on its own!
I felt quite differently after watching this after my viewing in 1970. I was depressed by it then. Now I am so happy to see that in fact it was fun, not depressing. I now think I was depressed about the breakup when I saw it in 70.
Excellent summary. One of the many who went to the theater in 1970, only to walk out depressed. Having watched the new version I questioned what was wrong with me in 1970….oh yeah, my idols broke up…..as I thoroughly enjoyed it this time.
Going from Get Back to this was like watching the 80s Dune after seeing the new ones
Since Let it Be looks better than Get Back I'm looking forward to the restoration of Get Back.
lol! We’ll never be done buying Beatles stuff!
Don't feel bad about your beard Elliot. Few can match the 1960s Beatles in speed they could grow facial hair. John goes from clean shaven in Get Back to having a giant full beard by Abbey Road. George does almost the same thing. How? It would take most of us forever to grow beards like that.
Something in the water?
So true!
One of my brothers have to shave at least two times a day if he wants to be clean shaven. Another couldn't even get a proper mustache until in his thirties or forties. Genes, man, sometimes they sure are funny.
The initial scope of the project, even for musicians as gifted as the Beatles, was overly ambitious & a little naive. They planned to start from scratch, work out a full album of tracks, rehearse the finished versions & then play them all live at a gig [there were various places suggested, not just Lindsay-Hogg's idea] in just one month. The album released would a recording of the gig. That false time constraint helped create the pressure to have live-performance-ready tunes too quickly. The Twickenham venue was not conducive & the constant filming & sound recording inhibiting. Had they changed their schedule in these areas, been more selective in the filming, given themselves more time & chosen a good, intmate venue in the UK to play a gig (of, say, an hour or so) the result would've been more coherent and done justice to the great songs they created. A tv special with, say, 20-30 mins of studio footage plus the concert footage would've been the best suited format. Instead they abandoned it, made Abbey Road, and the Let it Be recordings became a football between McCartney & the other 3 beatles [with Allen Klein]. The result was predictably uneven and unfocused but a testament to the band that it's still a great record.
Did Lindsay Hogg EVER explain just how he planned to get electricity to that ampatheater in the middle of the desert for the amps and microphones??
I mean…generators?
I liked having “Two of Us” the electric version and “Across the Universe” in Let It Be, that wasn’t included in Get Back. Especially now in better quality as compared to the low quality of my dvd bootleg I’ve had probably since 2006.
I doubt they will, but GET BACK would benefit well being re-restored like LET IT BE. I would buy it again!
Too harsh on Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Without him, there is no Get Back or Let It Be. And, apparently, he had the seal of approval from The Beatles. At this point in their careers, you couldn't just force people to work with them. I think they got along well with MLH and were happy to do the project with him. So, calling him an MFer was uncalled for. ...In my humble opinion.
Ever since I first saw Let It Be, I felt like it was unfairly maligned as a "break up film." When I watched it, I always felt after the intro that it is quite upbeat, and hearing them run through all of those songs and have fun doing it is a treat that really gets me ready for the rooftop concert at the end. Glad to see the court of public opinion is finally changing too
Looks like I'll be dusting off my Disney+ subscription. Why is my favourite band only on my most hated streaming service😕
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I can't believe how frustrating Peter Jackson is to listen to
Yeah...sounds like he's had a few in the middle of a stroke...or got caught cheating on his wife😂😂😂😂
Depressing in 1970. Thrilling in 2024! A product of what was happening with “the boys” at the time.
I can’t imagine seeing the original Let it Be without having all the context Get Back provides. In LIB it didn’t seem obvious to me that George left the group. Additionally, I thought I was going to see all kinds of negativity of the band members but it wasn’t that bad.
I remember watching Let it Be on BBC TV back in 1978/79 or so as a 10 year old... I even recorded the audio to my new cassette recorder. I was not at all familar with later period Beatles at that point and only had the 1963-66 compilation but knew of some of the later tunes via radio and the Beatles cartoon which was very popular back then. I remember thinking how basic the Beatles were in the film and how it seemed a step back from Strawberry Fields and Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds which were amongst my fav tunes at that time. I distinctly remember thinking Don't Let Me Down was a bit boring and the film a bit of a downer.... skip forward 40 or so years and I really like the tunes a lot more than I did.
Looking forward to watching the film again. Thanks for the video!
I think Get Back looks really good. Maybe a little too smooth in some cases, but the colors are superior and more life-like, especially without pro-lighting designed for each of these documentary shots....Let it Be now looks great too. But film grain isn't natural either, we are just more used to it from watching old movies and TV. I'm glad we have both. The 4:3 framing of Let it Be is the main thing that's a cool difference, seeing the full picture how the original camera operators framed it all.
Fun fact: Via marriage, Michael Lindsay-Hogg is related to the actor Bill Moseley who is best known for his work with Rob Zombie and his role in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. These things wouldn't normally be associated with The Beatles but there is a Beatles connection with both Rob Zombie and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 beyond that. Rob Zombie has performed "Helter Skelter" in concerts and there is a poster of The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" album cover (the infamous "butcher" cover) on the wall of a radio station in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. It's not that Earth shattering, but it's mildly interesting so I thought it worth mentioning lol.
I love super specific Beatles trivia like this. Thanks for sharing 👍
It’s all connected
Thanks for the great video! Another top moment is john flubbing the lyrics to Dont Let Me Down and the band cracks up.
I absolutely adore your channel!! From the in depth research, to the love and passion for music that's seen in the videos, the great editing, and the utterly amazing outfits ❤ Appreciate it so much, keep up the great content 🙏🙌
Feels good to hear Jackson admit there was WAY too much DNR on Get Back. Maybe, just MAYBE, they can correct it, at least for streaming, with less grain-nuked footage. Then it would be worth owning in a 4K collector's edition, even bootlegging.
I knew you were going to make a video about Let It Be 😂
Thank you! 🙏
I'm personally happy that we got remastered performances of Two of Us, Take 27B/28 of Let It Be, and Take 19 of The Long and Winding Road. Those were probably my favorite parts of Let It Be that were not in Get Back. I hope to get around to watching this sometime.
"It's not 2021 anymore" but I think 2021 is when this conversation was done haha. It's been sitting for that long. You're right though, they could have met up in 2023 or earlier this year to re-do the interview and have an in-person chat, because this is such an important release.
I absolutely noticed the visual quality improvement from get back.
Removing film grain from footage is almost always a bad idea.
Justice for Ringo’s ranking video!
Excellent restoration. Looks good, sounds good. And it's not depressing at all. It's just a musical document showing The Beatles goofing around in endless jam sessions, which is fun and interesting for hardcore fans. But it's still a bad movie. MLH provided no context for any of these scenes. As we can see in Get Back, he is constantly going on about not finding a story and George tells him that he has enough footage for 10 movies, meaning, don't worry, you'll find the story in the editing room. Clearly he never does. Since the rooftop concert is the centrepiece, the obvious story to tell is the journey to the rooftop. Peter Jackson ends up telling that story, but it should've been here. Even the one scene he includes that is relevant to the "journey" to the roof (John and Paul discussing how George is wrong about film), is cut before they actually touch on it.
It's greatest strength is, in fact, it's greatest weakness. There's just too much music and not enough dialogue, so the viewer is forced to project their interpretations onto every scene, which is why the "fight" between Paul and George has taken on mythic proportions, despite the fact that they are merely talking at cross-purposes. Listen carefully, they are both trying to tell the other that they're just trying to help. And I think the scene between John and Paul where you hear Paul but see John, is the reason for the idea that Paul is domineering and John is checked out, because John says nothing and looks bored out of his mind. In fact, he is listening intently and nodding to show his agreement with a lot of what Paul is saying, despite the fact that it sounds to the viewer like Paul is rambling on incoherently. [George is completely wrong and yet he agrees with him. Huh?]
Thoughtful and interesting.
So damn funny that Michael Lindsay Hogg still can't shut up about the desert show.
it's probably been said but..."MLH, stop trying to make the desert concert happen! It's not going to happen!" 😆
Hello Elliot. I’m also a Beatles fan and I enjoy your videos and learning things from them. Also I love your Paul McCartney look.
You look like late 80s Harrison in the thumbnail 😮
I just watched Let it Be for the first time this weekend with friends, I had to keep explaining what was going on because my friends had NO idea what was happening or what they were talking about 😆
Non-Beatle nuts seem such dunces to us!
Have to say, I found ‘Let It Be’ a fantastic watch!
Beautiful chemistry with the only areas that could be seen as negative and would’ve given Paul all the stick back in the 70s was talking to George about his playing and Paul and Johns conversation just before the album run through.
Loved Besame Mucho and I think the ‘Let it Be’ demonstrated how loud they actually were on the roof when switching to shots from the street, the echoing vocals,,,
Loved your video too!
Wonderful video. The DREAM would be the original 18 hour cut of Get Back restored like Let It Be.
fun fact in 1981 it was also released on CED also known as Selectavision
The movie was nowhere near as depressing as people have been making it out to be for the last 50 years. That being said, I think Get Back is the superior project since it provides a bigger context to where the four guys were creatively, as well as with each other.
I also like how Get Back had sort of a "ticking clock" element to it: the fact that they have to write a bunch of songs and finish it with a big concert in a small amount of time before Ringo as to go away to shoot a movie. I already knew it ends up fine in the end, but it makes it more "dramatic" as a viewer.
Also, moments like the guys talking about the loss of Brian Epstein, plus bits with the music publisher guy, reminds us that the Beatles still had a lot of other things going on at the same time they're trying to make this movie.
We need the ringo discography! He is my 2nd favorite Beatle!
Hmmm I’m pretty sure Peter lives in New Zealand. Maybe Michael or Peter didn’t want to fly to the other side of the planet for an interview
I think it really improved. I'd watched it many times as a kid on VHS, but it was really VERY GLOOMY. Even the joyful moments like the oldies medley seemed faded, bleak... It looks much much better now and I agree that tonally it's basically the same as Get Back, just as joyful.
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Elliot rocking Beatles’ fits
Came running for this👹 (well actually I came sitting but you get it)
Get ready for a re-restoration of Get Back for the 2025 Christmas market.
damn bro! very well researched
It's a shame that they didn't just revert to the original 4:3 for that original home media release in the 80s. The version that most people have seen these days (prior to this new remastered version). The laserdisc release would have given us a DVD quality version if they'd not zoomed it and then zoomed it again. I'm disappointed that this new version is exclusive to Disney+ as I'd buy the DVD or BluRay.
Let It Be was so much different that what I would of expected. Like Michael Lindsey Hogg said during the taping shown in Get Back, he didn't have story. It's really just a collection of them running through songs. You don't really see multiple takes of any of the songs. There's only a couple moments of spoken dialogue. There's absolutely no context to anything. You have no idea why they were in Twickenham, why they moved to Apple, why they were on the rooftop. If you don't know what George Martin, Billy Preston, etc look like, you wouldn't know who they are since they're never introduced. Kind of a weird watching experience.
Yeah, it's not really a movie at all, just a collection of musical performances.
Living for the mcbeardy look Elliot ❤
I knew that I needed this video when I heard Let It Be was being restored
I'm 70 years old and I never saw the film LET IT BE in the theaters or even on video.
I found it thoroughly enjoyable. The performances were great and left me teary eyed. It was great to see just how much fun the guys were having with each other.
I did not see GET BACK before seeing this film. I LOVED "LET IT BE" !
This was my favorite Get Back highlight reel for sure.
Also unrelated, but man they better go and remaster the other beatle films. It’s the 60th anniversary of Hard Days Night, all I’m sayin….
A Hard Day’s Night was remastered in the last ten years or so and looks fantastic.
When I saw the movie as a child in the seventies it depressed me.
Elliot is officially my fav one! ❤😂🎉
I love this video but please respect people’s decision not to meet in person. COVID is still around. I was disabled by it in 2023 and went from healthy 25 yo to bedridden and completely handicapped.
I’m calling it now. In one year, Disney+ will post Get Back Redux, incorporating footage from Let It Be that Peter Jackson was discouraged from using in his original cut. Plus, further sharpened and cleaned up.
It’s insane that Jackson is allowed to essentially destroy this massively important footage to our cultural history. Every Beatle looks like a f**king CGI watercolor painting now. It’s “better” in Let It Be than it was in Get Back, but it still looks absolutely ghastly to anyone who actually knows anything about film. Just… unbelievable.
Grain isn’t an “unfortunate byproduct” that only appears in darker parts of the image. The grain literally IS the image. By “smoothing” or “reducing” the grain, you are literally erasing detail, even if it’s a lighter touch.
"It looks now like it was intended to look in 1969 or 1970, although at my request, Peter did give it a more filmic look than “Get Back,” which had a slightly more modern and digital look." - Michael Lindsay-Hogg, The New York Times
Because 4:3 is so nearly square and wide screen is so much better, Jackson chose to crop the footage. That meant losing many lines of resolution from a mere 16mm source, so Jackson used state-of-the-art AI to make the cropped and expanded footage look as acceptable as possible. For me, looking at a 4:3 image for 90 minutes is one thing; looking at a 4:3 image for all 8 hours of the Get Back documentary is another thing entirely. So, all in all, I appreciate Jackson giving us a widescreen image for Get Back, even if it does mean a loss in quality. After all, Get Back was almost universally praised for how good it looked. Only now with an uncropped image to compare against, does Get Back suffer by that comparison.
But, it's not a fair comparison. Of course Let It Be looks better; it isn't cropped. And, of course, the restoration technology keeps improving and will continue to do so.
I, for one, am salivating for a state-of-the-art restoration of the Star Club tapes!
The AI porcelain restoration seen in "Get Back" and other movies will age over time, much like 90s CGI did.
Hey Elliot, Have you seen the Midas Man movie trailer? I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
I'm over the moon that Let it Be has been rereleased. I first saw it in 1980, and by far what stuck with me all these years was Dig It. I love what Get Back has done, but man there are 56 hours of footage. Get Back is brilliant but suffers from the modern quick edit. I didnt notice this the first time watching but after watching Let it Be then rewatching part 1 and 2 of Get Back, Man I want to just see the beatles without jerky camera cuts. My hope of all hopes is that 56 hours of footage can result in multiple great videos. I just want to see the raw footage of the boys playing.
Did everyone see the release of the cast I'm dying about it, Paul mescal is one o my favorite recent actors and Barry Keoghan looks appropriate for ringo, I don't know much about George and John actors but I'll put my faith in them and the project. God I'm so freaking exited to see a video of you on that, maybe give more time to have more information
I love watching Peter Jackson turn into an actual hobbit.
I like get back but I really hate the smoothing on the image and the grain removal, me personally if something was shot on film it should have grain instead of looking like they ran it through a bad de-noise filter