Peter Jackson prepares his next documentary with two Beatles.
Until recently, when one thinks of recurring characters in Peter Jackson’s films, one thinks of names like Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum and Sauron. Now four more are added: John, Paul, George and Ringo, because the director of The Lord of the Rings Y take up again announced another project with McCartney and Starr.
So, after earning five Emmy nominations for his three-part documentary for Disney +, the director told Deadline portal that he is preparing something new from the Beatles universe.
“I’m talking to the Beatles about another project, something very, very different from Get Back,” he said. “We are seeing what the possibilities are, but with them it is another project. It’s not really a documentary … and that’s all I can say. “
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The cover of “Let it be”.
According to Jackson, do take up again “It wasn’t as intense as three The Lord of the Rings in a row, but four years have gone by with a pandemic in the midst of everything ”.
And he added: “The best thing about documentaries is that you don’t have to film anything. I’ve always been the guy in the editing room who has always found the process of making a film very stressful. In a way, my idea of heaven is to photograph someone else. And Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot incredible footage. You should get more credit here than you have. “
He refers to the original director of Let it be, the documentary the Beatles made during the entire “live” recording of that album. Jackson worked with 130 hours of audio and 57 hours of video footage shot by Lindsay-Hogg.
“People seem to react to Michael when we introduce him, they make fun of him a little bit, like this guy behind the camera. I admire him. He was doing a job and that’s why he got hired. He was pushing to make the best movie he has. could. It’s a perfectly acceptable film, “he said.
“If you see it now,” he added, “it’s not the depressing movie people thought. The way you should think of it is that not only did it let it bebut he filmed all the images we see in Take BacK. This is all yours and Michael deserves great recognition. “
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Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, with Yoko Ono seated. An image of Come back. AP photo
Divided into three parts, take up again aims to get to know the band like never before. It premiered on Disney + and created a worldwide buzz, reinvigorating Beatles songs.
Billed as a two-hour three-episode docuseries format, the film describes the band’s recording sessions in 1969. At the time, the Beatles were attempting to write fourteen new songs and preparing for their first live concert, after more than two years.
Faced with an almost impossible deadline, the strong bond of friendship shared by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr is put to the test.
Jackson is the only person in 50 years who has had access to this Beatles “treasure” and recovered it to turn it into this cinematic testimony. The result is an intimate portrait of the most important band in rock history, where you can see how, at a time when they are halfway between rock and anvil, they can still rely on their friendship, good humor and creative ingenuity. . .
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