never followed this thread because didnt have disney until a couple of weeks ago. i would call myself a beatles fan, but not a beatles nerd. i thought it was fascinating, and learned a lot. epstein died when he was 32? 32? he was young. and the beatles never performed live from 1966 to this rooftop concert which was their last live performance ever. crazy.
they got along so much better than i ever thought. there were personality differences but nothing unusual. i always thought paul rubbed the rest the wrong way, but didnt seem that way from the 9 hrs of film. they come back from lunch one day and paul is working out the very beginnings of get back, and ringo and george start helping him out with the rhythm. one day ringo is tinkering around with the beginnings of what will become octopuses garden, and george comes over and helps him out. another day george is on the piano messing around with what will become old brown shoe and others join in to help him along. funny that george seems the most helpful, but also was the unhappiest. at one point (i cant remember which song they were working on), he says you guys dont really need a second guitarist. and he's the only one that mentions going solo.
there was zero friction from yoko also, but it was surprising that she showed up so much (practically every day). even though she didnt say much or throw out unsolicited advice, she struck me as the clingy, insecure type. i have a feeling she was worried about groupies stealing her man away from her.
one thing i liked is after they'd been in studio 2-3 weeks and the songs weren't coming fast enough, paul pulls john aside and they have this standup conversation and paul has every confidence that john will "come through with the goods". they talked like they were good friends.
i wonder how many hours of film is actually in the vault. for peter jackson to edit this down to 8-9 hrs, there was a lot left off. i was fascinated by it and wouldnt mind watching more of the song development. in each episode they would show the calendar and put a big black x on the date after they called it a night, but each day was only 30 min of film at most. I would have liked to have seen more, but i can see how some might find that boring. the 1.5 hr let it be movie was practically worthless after watching get back.