The celebrated filmmaker’s three-part docuseries kicks off Thursday on Disney+.
There were no Beatles albums.
That changed when I was about 12.
The Beatles in ‘The Beatles: Get Back’.Apple Corps
And so I abandoned my model airplane and bought those two compilation albums instead.
There’s many reasons to listen to them, but it’s just music that lifts your spirit.
If you are feeling happy, then it’s fantastic.
If you’re feeling a bit down, then it’s going to perk you up.
It just has that effect.
I’ve never bought a Rolling Stones album, for instance.
That’s not really where my brain is at.
But I do like Beatles songs.
They knew I was experimenting with augmented reality and wanted to discuss a potential Beatles project.
So I put my hand up and said, “I’ll throw my hat in the ring.”
They’d go down and get me a Big Mac for lunch and I just kept on going.
I didn’t get through all 57 hours that first week, but I got through most of it.
And what I saw surprised me.
But the hours of unseen footage revealed a different story.
It wasn’t doom and gloom.
I found myself laughing…a lot.
It was so much funnier than I expected, and it just got funnier as it went along.
During that time, the pandemic arrived and ripped through the world.
It was miserable and depressing, and still is.
And yet every day I’d get to go into work and spend time with the Beatles.
I’ve been makingGet Backfor Beatles fans, but it’s not just for Beatles fans.
The events of January 1969 make a compelling story that everyone can enjoy for a few hours.
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