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Peter Jackson is working on a new film about The Beatles which will take a fresh look at the recording of their Let It Be album.
Initially conceived by Paul McCartney as a document of the Fab Four rehearsing for an as-live recorded album, the Get Back project has instead been remembered as a window into the fragmenting relationships within the band that would lead to their split not long after.
The album would eventually be released as Let It Be in 1970, but the film was quickly swept under the carpet. However, after reviewing over 55 hours of footage originally shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in January 1969, Jackson has said the reality is very different to the narrative that is now so widely accepted. “I was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth,” he’s said.
“After reviewing all the footage and audio that Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot 18 months before they broke up, it’s simply an amazing historical treasure-trove. Sure, there’s moments of drama – but none of the discord this project has long been associated with.”
“Watching John, Paul, George, and Ringo work together, creating now-classic songs from scratch, is not only fascinating – it’s funny, uplifting and surprisingly intimate.”
Jackson is working with the same restoration team which produced last year’s stunning World War One documentary They Shall Not Grow Old.