How Get Back Changed Our Perception Of The Beatles

'Get Back' (Sumber: IMDB)

JAKARTA - The more you feel you know about The Beatles, the more surprised you will be with what is described in The Beatles: Get Back. Docuseries directed by Peter Jackson changed many views about the final period leading up to the disbandment of The Fab Four. Even for 'The Beatles scholars'. Even for John Lennon's two children, Julian and Sean Lennon. Even in Paul McCartney's feelings.

Friday, November 18, Julian and Sean Lennon attended a special screening of The Beatles: Get Back in Los Angeles. The screening was held before another special event initiated by Paul McCartney's daughter, Stella McCartney. According to Julian The Beatles: Get Back was a life experience that made him fall in love with his late father again.

“Amazing night… First time seeing Get Back. Then (attend) Stella's event afterwards," said Julian in an Instagram post after the event.

"One thing I can really say about it all is that it (Get Back) has made me so proud, inspired and feel more love for me or our family than ever before," added Julian.

"This film has made me love my dad again, in a way that I can't fully describe," he concluded.

Elsewhere, Paul told The Sunday Times that it was an incredible feeling to relive his final moments with John, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. Yes, even The Beatles: Get Back changed Paul's perception of the band's split. The split that he experienced himself.

"I'm going to tell you what's really amazing about it (Get Back), it shows the four of us connected... It really strengthened me. That's one of the important things about The Beatles. We can make each other laugh ."

“Really, yes. And there's evidence on that tape. Because all this time I really saw this split from the dark side. When The Beatles broke up, I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm to blame,'” Paul said.

Peter Jackson's warm framing

Footage from "The Beatles: Get Back" (Source: IMDB)

Sean, Julian or Paul's experiences must be very specific. Meanwhile, for fans, the most significant experience is perhaps witnessing the final moments of John, Paul, Ringo, and George in Peter Jackson's warm framing.

The experience of watching The Beatles: Get Back is like a counter-narrative from the shadow that has been believed that the split of The Beatles is very gloomy and gloomy. Instead, Peter Jackson framed this film with an image of warmth.

Indeed, there are moments that break the heart. When George decided to leave the band. When Paul contemplates his 'leadership' within the band and he knows it's too late to fix things. Or by looking at the writing on John's devoid of enthusiasm.

Even so Peter Jackson makes us understand all the mess. We can even understand the exclusivity of John and Yoko Ono's relationship, instead of condemning Yoko as the cause of John's changing interest in many things in The Beatles' music.

Before The Beatles: Get Back we looked at the destruction of The Beatles from a lot of negative narratives. Of the many literatures and historical references, one of the most important in influencing public perception is perhaps the documentary Let It Be directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

The Beatles: Get Back is actually a reprocessing of historical archives about the last moments of The Beatles that Lindsay-Hogg recorded for Let It Be. There are 56 hours of recorded images and over 150 hours of audio archived and 'buried' during this time. But the picture looks different.

In Let It Be, Lindsay-Hogg framed the period leading up to the disbandment of The Beatles with a gloomy, gloomy, and hopeless atmosphere. Let It Be, held up as a textual manifestation by Beatles fans fostered the belief that the band they loved was doomed under completely deplorable circumstances.

The Beatles: Get Back corrects that with a more complete and honest exposition. At least the fans know the relationship between John, Paul, George, and Ringo is not as broken as is believed so far. They are still connected. Can't we see John and Yoko dancing to George's I Me Mine?

This has actually been promised from the start by Peter Jackson. Quoted by Ultimate Classic Rock, the three-Oscar-winning director said it would provide a unique cinematic experience to bring audiences back to the contemplation of the destruction of The Beatles that had been believed.

Peter Jackson on Lord of the Rings set (Source: IMDB)

Peter Jackson promises the warmth, camaraderie and creative genius that define the legacy of JL, PM, GH, and RS. Apple Records representative Jeff Jones explained that Peter Jackson was cleaning up old video footage that made the footage feel somber.

In terms of material archives, Peter Jackson did a brilliant restoration. Peter Jackson had done this before, when he colored the World War I snippet in They Shall Not Grow Old.

"We're making a new film that will break the myth that the Let It Be session was the beginning of the downfall of The Beatles... The result could be a counter-narrative for Let It Be. Visually and spiritually brighter, with lots of footage of the Beatles joking, singing with a goofy accent, and showing old-school fun," said Jones.

"In fact, there will be raw versions of the songs that will be released on solo records. With these clips, Beatles fans will really love this film... An incredible historical treasure trove. Of course, there will be moments of drama , but there is no dispute. The material is very funny, uplifting, and intimate," said Jones.

By 1969

The Beatles rooftop concert (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

1969 was definitely a dynamic period for The Beatles. But that was actually just the end of the long turbulence of the previous years. The Beatles were born in the late 1950s. Their popularity skyrocketed fast.

In the 1960s they instantly became the most revered band on the planet. In 1969, The Beatles had a moment of rest. They stopped the entire world tour after John's comments that The Beatles were more famous than Jesus.

In those days The Beatles focused on developing increasingly complex and experimental music. They innovated by creating a multitracking recording method, which not only saves time but allows them to play and have their songs individually rather than together as a unit.

In that period, along with their respective solitude, the relationship between John, Paul, George and Ringo strained. Feeling compelled to regain their old energy, the Beatles agreed to create a project consisting of an album and a special live show on television for the first time in years.

They agreed to record the whole process. Michale Lindsay-Hogg takes on the directing role of the recently released documentary Let It Be. But the film was so different because it was released in 1970 when The Beatles had disbanded.

The archived image and audio material was then sorted and reprocessed by Peter Jackson, in collaboration with Apple Corps and WingNuts Films. Now, after The Beatles: Get Back, so much more love for John, Paul, George and Ringo.

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