In a recent Zoom interview to promote his new EP Zoom In, Ringo Starr commented on his disapproval of the Beatles Let It Be , made in the 1970s. The film was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and followed moments of the Fab Four recording their 12th album, focusing mainly on the disagreements between Paul McCartney and George Harrison .
Starr was not pleased with the approach. “I didn’t feel any kind of joy in the original documentary. It’s completely focused on a single moment that happened between two of the guys,” said the former Beatle.
Starr didn't hide his preference for the work of Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings Trilogy ), who directed the new documentary The Beatles: Get Back , to be released on August 27th by Disney. The film is expected to give full prominence to the legendary last Beatles concert, performed on the rooftop of London's Savile Row . “[In the 1970 documentary] the rooftop concert was shown for seven or eight minutes. In Peter's [film] it's 43 minutes long. It's about music and joy,” Starr continued.
Peter Jackson's extensive work focused on showing in greater detail the creation process of the album "Let It Be" and doing it more justice. The director had access to over 55 hours of footage captured by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and 140 hours of never-before-heard audio from the recording sessions.
This time, Ringo Starr seems very pleased. “I had several conversations with Peter about how I felt. I thought [the original documentary] was miserable,” he revealed. “I said, ‘We laughed a lot. I was there, we were laughing, we were having fun. We were playing and doing what we did,’” the musician added. According to Starr, Jackson found these images of fun and showed them to him. “There was a lot of joy in making those records, those tracks, so I’m really looking forward to seeing everything. Even if you saw the short trailer that came out last year, it’s a lot of fun,” Starr concluded.
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