Paul McCartney and John Lennon on the Abbey Road terrace in 1970.
more than 50 years ago Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr won the Oscar for the original song, for let it be. Last night, they added five awards to their vast track record Emmy for their extraordinary careers and for the production of the documentary series Disney + The Beatles: Go back.
The producer and director Peter Jackson shared the Emmy for the best Series of documentaries or non-fiction with McCartney, Starr and the producers Yoko Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison -George’s ex-, Clare Olssen and Jonathan Clyde.
“I would like to thank everyone who worked on this film, especially our family and our second family, Apple Corps,” Jackson said after receiving the statuette at the ceremony held at the Apple Corps complex. creative arts in downtown Los Angeles.
“This wouldn’t have been possible without the unwavering support of Paul, Ringo, Olivia, Julian (Lennon), Yoko and Sean (Lennon), who were always there with their support and love. Finally, a big shout out to the Beatles. Thank you so much for over 60 years of positive, exuberant and happy music … Your music is so deep, it’s actually ingrained in our DNA.”Said the director.
Jackson later won another Emmy for Best Direction in a documentary / non-fiction program.
The Beatles: Go back has faced, despite predictions, tough competition in the category of documentary series with jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, Andy Warhol’s Diariesboth from Netflix, 100 foot wave of HBO and the series of Showtime We need to talk about Cosby.
The return phenomenon
The Beatles: Go back There were three episodes, for a total of nearly eight in length.
Jackson made this possible from the audio and footage that weren’t used for the documentary. let it be -since 1970-, which chronicled the making of that historic Beatles album (it was for that film that John, Paul, George and Ringo won the Oscar).
The director described his series as a “complement” of the previous documentary, but take up again was praised for reshaping our collective understanding of the controversial release of the Let It Be album, which was released just a month after the Beatles disbanded in April. 1970.
“I didn’t want to make the Beatles breakup movieJackson said. “It’s not a film about breaking up a band, but about a band finding a way not to break up.”
The Oscar-winning director for the trilogy of The Lord of the Ringsadded: “We were able to include things in take up again that we thought were important, but there are wonderful things we couldn’t include. I just made sure the historically important things were there for all of us to see. “
The two-night Emmys Creative Art Awards ceremony will be transformed into a program that will be broadcast online FXX and will air Hulu the next Saturday 10 September. The direct of emmy in prime time It will air on Monday 12 September the NBC.
mfb
Source: Clarin
