This 4K disc renders the ragged, antic beauty of Richard Lester’s delirious Beatlemania caper in all its splendor.
If you’re in a band, the Beatles taught you everything, whether you know it (or admit it) or not.
Even when songs simply play over disconnected footage of the Beatles having fun, the strength of their songcraft is stirring.
It stands as a crucial flashpoint for the Beatles’s cultural takeover and a pervasive influence on contemporary musicals and music videos.
After this, Ringo’s gonna need Werner Herzog to make his life story interesting.
Harrison’s search for spiritual fulfillment might not have been so fervent had it not been for the otherworldly success of the Beatles.
That the film shines scant illuminating light on Harrison’s story is all the more frustrating for its immense length.