The camera does focus on Paul a lot but I think it's because he was the most energetic through out. The film is doing John a kindness by keeping him out of the shot, he looks like absolute roadkill and they didn't use the blue sweater footage where he had showered.
George gets a surprising amount of focus and he's quite energetic through out. I wonder if his depiction in Get Back was a response to LIB.
They're still so in tune that they only have to play a few notes and the rest immediately jump in and pick it up. Note the flawless three song segue starting with Kansas City.
Paul and George come off as mildly bickering siblings here.
Ringo is barely in it which is brutal. Lovely to see him and George messing around.
Paul's babbling about if George says "no to films" makes absolutely no sense, it's a one scene wonder. Kudos to John for sitting through that so patiently.
I actually appreciate Yoko and John kissing, its like it provides context for them dancing to I Me Mine.
My dad just said the entire thing has a dark reputation because the divorce drama was happening in the background, otherwise it's just kind of. Normal?
But there's really no hiding how run over John looks. Poor guy.
Whenever they're on the roof Paul is making googly eyes at John. John cried through out the entire movie but I have to imagine the rooftop concert sent him into hysterics. When Paul watched Get Back's version, he admired it because he could watch John perform. "I can see him from every angle." The thing is John could see the same thing, he could finally see Paul perform in a way he had never seen before because they were on stage together. John saw something he never saw before: Paul staring at him with that face while performing. I'd start wailing in a movie theater too.
The last few minutes of Get Back are arguably the peak of documentary filmmaking in general
featuring:
*goodnight paul, say goodnight john, goodnight paul, goodnight*
*neeoeooow*
*unintelligible fake german stuff*
*Eins, Zwei, Viertel nach Drei*
*I suddenly discovered I was halfway out of tune, but I continued playing because I'm no goon* *pling*
*get off yer bum"
*I lost a bass note somewhere* *ow*
*Are we supposed to giggle in the solo?* *yeah* *okay*
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Very funny that the Get Back series opens with a 10+ minute recap montage of the Beatles' career up to 1969 as if someone settling in to watch 8 solid hours of Beatles studio footage would need it
"Whenever I was in the band, playing live, I’d be facing out. John was to the left or to the right of me, so I never got to sort of see him perform so much. Except in the film. And there he is in massive closeup. I can study everything about him.”---Paul McCartney, 2021