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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
  • The films of The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night, HELP!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be.
    Five movies that had a profound impact on both 1960s culture and the future of cinema.
    In this video I look back on how and why these were made and analyse how the Beatles’ identity and evolution as a band informed these films and how the films, in turn, informed their identity.
    - Chapters -
    0:00 - Intro
    1:15 - A Hard Day's Night
    13:19 - HELP!
    21:47 - Magical Mystery Tour
    31:17 - Yellow Submarine
    41:56 - Let It Be
    53:26 - Conclusion
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Komentáře • 906

  • @supercjm3306
    @supercjm3306 Před 7 měsíci +2624

    Fun fact: In the late 1960s, the Beatles approached Stanley Kubrick about making a movie adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, that would have starred Paul as Frodo, Ringo as Sam, George as Gandalf, and John as Gollum. Obviously, that never ended up happening, but I really want to see the timeline where that movie was made.

    • @titusho2
      @titusho2 Před 7 měsíci +53

      Wow! 🪲🪲🪲🪲+🍎🍏🍎🍏= wizard Beatles

    • @amelialonelyfart8848
      @amelialonelyfart8848 Před 7 měsíci +299

      George as Gandalf is inspired casting.

    • @ThisBirdHasFlown
      @ThisBirdHasFlown Před 7 měsíci +8

      @@themovieminorbe quiet

    • @avi4767
      @avi4767 Před 7 měsíci +85

      When Ai is powerful enough to make this I'll be the first one to ask it to do so

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@avi4767it already is, it’s called deepfake
      czcams.com/video/5q8cMTcEUpY/video.html

  • @Beragon
    @Beragon Před 7 měsíci +520

    The long telephone dialing scene in Help! is hilarious. It has a punch line. He's calling people in the same room. Perfect setup and payoff joke. It would be less funny if the telephone dialing didn't take as long. The belabored dialing makes you think the call must really be worth all the trouble.

    • @lizziewaymire2001
      @lizziewaymire2001 Před 7 měsíci +34

      Yes I definitely agree. It's pretty fucking hilarious

    • @seagullshame
      @seagullshame Před 7 měsíci +21

      A Hard Day’s Night is a better movie, but Help has the best lines and gags

    • @2025SouljaBoy
      @2025SouljaBoy Před 6 měsíci +5

      exactly! it's hilarious

    • @stormcloudsabound
      @stormcloudsabound Před 4 měsíci +2

      I do think if you have to explain the joke, then it's not a good enough joke. But I still love Help! purely for the nostalgia.

    • @DanielMartinez-hm8pu
      @DanielMartinez-hm8pu Před 2 měsíci

      That telephone moment always made me laugh , the movie literally feels like its high lmao

  • @disappointmentpotato9408
    @disappointmentpotato9408 Před 7 měsíci +761

    I just love the pure joy and blissfulness of a hard days night. no drama, no hate, just friends messing around

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe Před 7 měsíci +30

      Who's the little old man?

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 Před 7 měsíci +37

      @@lakrids-pibe He's very clean....

    • @scottdavidson526
      @scottdavidson526 Před 6 měsíci +10

      Good movie. It's a lot of fun.

    • @scottdavidson526
      @scottdavidson526 Před 6 měsíci +7

      ​@@thomastimlin1724Yup.😀 As opposed to being a "dirty" old man. Which of course he actually was.

    • @rafael-pq9ty
      @rafael-pq9ty Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@lakrids-pibe He is with a broken heart

  • @WillThomas199.2
    @WillThomas199.2 Před 7 měsíci +629

    Interesting fact.
    Paul Angelis who voiced Paul and Ringo in Yellow Submarine, his brother Michael Angelis took over from Ringo as the narrator for Thomas the tank engine.

    • @akadventuring
      @akadventuring Před 6 měsíci +12

      Angelis...that was the name!

    • @meatwoodflacmedia
      @meatwoodflacmedia Před 5 měsíci +2

      Was gonna post that very fact, thank you!

    • @andyscott6315
      @andyscott6315 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Mike McCartney. Paul's bro. Was in the scaffold, which also has Roger Mcgoff. Who wrote at least some of screenplay, as well as being in the rutles, as well as marrying on of John girlfriends from the very early days

    • @andyscott6315
      @andyscott6315 Před 4 měsíci

      And John gorman... Who was in the not the nine o clock news pilot

    • @joshuamoody7729
      @joshuamoody7729 Před 3 měsíci

      Trippy

  • @kalelvigil1510
    @kalelvigil1510 Před 7 měsíci +476

    That video of John after Brian Epstein‘s death never fails to make me tear up. He looks like such a fucking lost kid, he basically lost another father figure, someone whom he dearly loved.

    • @johngerson7335
      @johngerson7335 Před 7 měsíci +58

      Same here. Maybe the only footage from that time period where you see John unguarded by his usual wit and acerbic candor. As you said, sort've just a sweet kid who's just found out that his father or favorite uncle has passed unexpectedly. Quite touching, really.

    • @dondamon4669
      @dondamon4669 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Either tripping or tranquilized? But yeah completely lost, worryingly so really

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 Před 7 měsíci +8

      ​@@dondamon4669 Just over a year earlier, the boys were growing frustrated with Brian's short-sighted touring arrangements, and then Brian had to clean up all the mess in the wake of John's "bigger than Jesus" quote reaching the American "Bible Belt".

    • @weilim10
      @weilim10 Před 6 měsíci +2

      John's mother, who bought him a guitar and taught him to play and sing was killed after being hit by a police car. He was 17 at the time.

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Před 3 měsíci +1

      Interesting that Paul was absent while the others were there

  • @dwilborn1257
    @dwilborn1257 Před 7 měsíci +431

    The Nowhere Man sequence in Yellow Submarine is the reason that song is in my top five favorite Beatles songs. The image of the bad riding a rainbow and going in circles on a record fascinated me as a child.

    • @prettyshinyspaghetti8332
      @prettyshinyspaghetti8332 Před 7 měsíci +11

      Thats a great sequence. It works so well with Jeremy too

    • @russellturner9275
      @russellturner9275 Před 7 měsíci +7

      The first time I ever heard Nowhere Man was watching Yellow Submarine in a theater in 1968. I fell in love with the song immediately, the moment it started playing. Most of my favorite songs I had to hear a few times before I started to like them, but not Nowhere Man. The emotional climax of the scene was the part where the Beatles and Jeremy were rotating on the giant LP record as Jeremy cried. It was powerful stuff for an 8 year old kid and I'll never forget it! It remains one of my favorite Beatles songs!

    • @MuensterQ
      @MuensterQ Před 3 měsíci +4

      the ending always made me cry as a kid, seeing jeremy looking so sad, spinning in circles

    • @joshuamoody7729
      @joshuamoody7729 Před 3 měsíci +1

      It’s one of the best snippets of a song ever.

    • @eyezaggeh777
      @eyezaggeh777 Před měsícem +1

      It looks so good and almost CGI animated - that film was special, I quote it all the time

  • @bensonsj98
    @bensonsj98 Před 7 měsíci +629

    A Hard Day's Night and Help! are legitimately two of my favorite movies of all time and not just because I'm a huge Beatles fan. They're just so silly and fun.

    • @titusho2
      @titusho2 Před 7 měsíci +7

      Me too 🪲🪲🪲🪲❤🎉2024😂

    • @titusho2
      @titusho2 Před 7 měsíci +13

      Love all of them.. especially " Hard Days" & Help"..Help' was so modern and hip, that studio scene of the boys sing " You gonna lose that girl " is fantastic the sound the clearity, their voices to see The Beatles in their artistic creation. Wow🪲🪲🪲🪲love Beatles💐🍄🍃 2024

    • @LazyLizzy706
      @LazyLizzy706 Před 7 měsíci +13

      Paul’s grandfather that forged their autographs to sell to fan girls outside 💀

    • @titusho2
      @titusho2 Před 7 měsíci +7

      @@LazyLizzy706 A hard day's night' is hilarious 😂😂 so is Help in a Monty Python spoof.. hahaha 😂 Ringo's giant Ruby is the plot so funny 🪲🪲🪲🪲 love my Beatles ❤️

    • @scottamichie
      @scottamichie Před 7 měsíci +5

      Never copied, never repeated by a 60s rock band.

  • @wriggleby
    @wriggleby Před 7 měsíci +287

    Hard Day's Night is the ultimate comfort movie for me. Something about it is just so charming, it always cheers me up!

    • @evertvdb000
      @evertvdb000 Před 7 měsíci +9

      true... it's just a happy movie.

    • @helen4405
      @helen4405 Před 3 měsíci +1

      is ur pfp the poster for the George Harrison bio pic directed by Martin Scorsese??????????

  • @TeeBeeDee
    @TeeBeeDee Před 7 měsíci +194

    41:57 This fucking transition had me in STICHES. Taking a journey through the career and slow breakdown of The Beatles as seen through the lens of their films knowing that it ends with Let It Be and hearing the somber title track evoked a sense of genuine emotion within me, then having it transition into "What the shittin hell" out of nowhere and cutting immediately back without missing a beat absolutely slayed me.

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 Před 7 měsíci +10

      LOL yes, I had to rewind to see that transition a few more times. XDDD

  • @dj71162
    @dj71162 Před 7 měsíci +114

    Fun fact: John gave away his Oscar that he won for Let It Be after a school wrote to him asking for something to auction off.

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 Před 7 měsíci +14

      As an Oscars followers, I'm fascinated by how all four Beatles won the Oscar, yet for the corresponding Grammy, only John, Paul, and George technically won.

    • @dj71162
      @dj71162 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Wired4Life2 How so? On the Wikipedia page it says they all won.

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@dj71162 For _Let It Be?_

    • @dj71162
      @dj71162 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Wired4Life2Yeah.

    • @scottandrewbrass1931
      @scottandrewbrass1931 Před měsícem

      False Fact: You've pulled out of your ass.

  • @smbsuperfan271
    @smbsuperfan271 Před 7 měsíci +51

    35:03 Incredibly fun fact: Mark Hamil has gone on record saying that this performance (That is, the Chief Blue Meanie) is where he drew his inspiration for Joker in BTAS. And going back to listen to it again... yeah that tracks so unbelievably well.

  • @lakrids-pibe
    @lakrids-pibe Před 7 měsíci +22

    Heather McCartney goofing around with Uncle Ringo still makes my heart melt.

  • @rickspencer6573
    @rickspencer6573 Před 7 měsíci +140

    Great video, Elliot. I grew up with The Beatles in the 60's. I was 7 years of age when I went to see A Hard Days' Night, a week after it opened in my home town. For a 7 year old, it was an electrifying experience. The line up for the film, was around the block, and then some. Luckily, my babysitter sitter and several of my friends, got tickets. It was sold out, no question. The moment the curtains opened up, Beatles were running, and the entire audience went insane! All the girls began screaming....and never stopped, until the end of the film. Once I left the theatre, I was a Beatles Fanatic...........I'm 66 now and I still am. Several years ago, I bought the Criterion set of the film.. Fantastic picture and sound. A year later (in '65) I repeated the same experience at the theatre.........nothing had changed. Love this film. As for Help!, I feel more strongly about it than A Hard Day's Night. (not saying it's a better film, just that I enjoy the fantasy element.) Yellow Submarine was a different experience for me. I was a little older at that point, so, I was expecting a different kind of film. At that young age, I certainly did not enjoy the animation. Mind you, I did like the music. Many years later, I changed my mind about this movie. I really appreciated it, still do. As for Let it Be, that's a different story altogether. I recall looking so forward to seeing it. It was in theatres in August 1970, here in Canada. On the day it opened, I had to have surgery on my knee. For the first time in my life, I missed going to the theatre to see a Beatles' film, when it opened. I eventually saw the film (at a midnight showing) in the late 70's. I did not care for it at all. For me, it was a depressing experience. The only part of the gilm I cared for, was the Rooftop concert. Now, when I viewed Get Back on Disney, I loved it. A far cry from Let it Be. Much more interesting. It looked great and sounded even better. Now, in ending, I did not mention Magical Mystery Tour. Reason: I don't care for it, period. It's saving grace is the music, love it. Anyway, I am so glad that these films have been preserved so well, many years later. I have all of them on Blu Ray & DVD & even, Bootleg (Let it Be). Once again, Elliot, great job in making this video. I really enjoy all of your Beatles' videos. Take care. (Sorry I rambled on so long, but, when talking about the Fab Four, I get carried away.)

  • @Y-two-K
    @Y-two-K Před 7 měsíci +12

    Yellow Submarine on LSD is literally the coolest thing ever.

  • @erickent4248
    @erickent4248 Před 7 měsíci +112

    You are absolutely the top tier of Beatles CZcams. Thanks for your efforts.

  • @mosquerajoseph7305
    @mosquerajoseph7305 Před 7 měsíci +86

    i love all their movies tbh

  • @sissid4426
    @sissid4426 Před 5 měsíci +7

    46:06 Ringo and Paul listening to a mournful song in an empty room, reminds me that both of them are the only members still alive… kinda foreshadowing 🥲

  • @ikesters6697
    @ikesters6697 Před 7 měsíci +195

    They really should make a Beatles Television series that goes into detail about their formation all the way to John Lennon's death. I'd love to see something like that

    • @shanearnold7781
      @shanearnold7781 Před 7 měsíci +37

      A series for every year from 63-70 would be amazing (plus one series for the Quarrymen years, one series for 1960-62, and one series for every two years post-breakup). Unlikely we get it at this point with all the rights issues but that’d be incredible

    • @connormartinson7619
      @connormartinson7619 Před 7 měsíci +12

      A hbo mini series would be fantastic

    • @cremetangerine82
      @cremetangerine82 Před 7 měsíci +19

      I've joked that I want a "As The Beatles Turns" miniseries that covers everything, but I don't want the sanitized version or the over-embellished version. A movie wouldn't be enough time.

    • @thevoid99
      @thevoid99 Před 7 měsíci +21

      uh.... there was already something like that called "the beatles anthology".

    • @connormartinson7619
      @connormartinson7619 Před 7 měsíci +11

      @@thevoid99anthology was a documentary, the comment is probably talking about a biopic

  • @applebonker141
    @applebonker141 Před 7 měsíci +16

    My Dad introduced me to the Beatles through "Yellow Submarine". We were staying at a roadside motel at the time and he got it from the library. I can't understate the effect it had on me except it compelled me to seek out everything I could on the Beatles

    • @motnosniv
      @motnosniv Před 7 měsíci +3

      I also saw it at a motel. A black and white coin-operated TV, if you can believe that.

  • @JMolleda
    @JMolleda Před 7 měsíci +126

    This is an incredible video, maybe your best one. Such a thoughtful and dedicated insight into their visual side. The deep research, knowledge and the way is presented as an ejoyable and light hearted documentary is of the highest quality. Thank you Elliot, you've outdone yourself with this one. Please keep them coming!

    • @cynthiaforsythe8989
      @cynthiaforsythe8989 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I AGREE!! Elliot’s videos are brilliant. The best!

    • @davecostello560
      @davecostello560 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Agreed - his production standards are DVD release quality!

  • @NediSafa
    @NediSafa Před 7 měsíci +6

    My son is an animator, and the Director of yellow submarine liked his film. It was the best moment of my life.

    • @Zakkatoos
      @Zakkatoos Před 3 měsíci

      Cap bet you’re son doesn’t have Skibidi Rizz like I do

    • @KrustyKrabPizza673
      @KrustyKrabPizza673 Před 6 dny

      ​@@Zakkatooswhat the absolute fuck?

    • @Zakkatoos
      @Zakkatoos Před 6 dny

      @@KrustyKrabPizza673 Stop swearing that isn’t Sigma.

  • @marty6779
    @marty6779 Před 4 měsíci +7

    I love the ADR in Help.
    "Oh-ho-ho-ho. Ho Ho."
    "Ooh cold, cold snow"
    "Ah a pub, nice pub, lovely pub!"

  • @zarzee8925
    @zarzee8925 Před 7 měsíci +6

    17:16 i am convinced that the plan was to cut away after John dialed and he thought it would be funny to draw it out. And it is fucking hilarious.

  • @ChainReactionsProductions
    @ChainReactionsProductions Před 7 měsíci +37

    I remember stumbling upon Magical Mystery Tour when I was 9 or 10 before even having heard of any of their other movies and it was so surreal that I think it very heavily influenced my taste in music and film even to this day. Plus my mom walked in on me watching it during the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band striptease scene and grounded me from using the family computer for a month lol

  • @fathommusicnz
    @fathommusicnz Před 7 měsíci +23

    God, this was good.

  • @oragamiowl5031
    @oragamiowl5031 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Saw yellow submarine as a kid and it’s still one of my favourite films 35 years later.

  • @pendulous___
    @pendulous___ Před 7 měsíci +63

    You literally read my mind Elliott. I was literally thinking about how much I wanted to see you release another video, and you pulled through. What's more, it's The Beatles. What else beats that?

    • @darkjanggo
      @darkjanggo Před 7 měsíci

      i prefer The Ringles

    • @Y-two-K
      @Y-two-K Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@darkjanggo The Rutles tho

  • @happyron
    @happyron Před 7 měsíci +58

    As a songwriter and a fan since 1980 who has read and seen "Everything" on The Beatles I'm always impressed by how your videos get me to see things from a different angle. I haven't seen Help probably in 30 years, partially because of John putting it down in his Rolling Stone interview. But am going to watch it again

    • @Danjoker.
      @Danjoker. Před 7 měsíci +1

      I'm a huge Beatles fan but I could never finish watching that movie. It's just too silly for me.

    • @mariuspoppFM
      @mariuspoppFM Před 7 měsíci +1

      Do yourself a favor and watch it, it's a brilliant action spoof

  • @SonofMrPeanut
    @SonofMrPeanut Před 7 měsíci +5

    I'm enamoured w/ the fact that they captured the Beatles' own walking styles for reference on Yellow Submarine.

  • @sammyhoffman4812
    @sammyhoffman4812 Před 7 měsíci +16

    Elliot just doesn’t get enough credit for the quality of his scripts, editing and patter. Props to you man

  • @zoe_astra
    @zoe_astra Před 7 měsíci +13

    As a child my absolute favourite film was A Hard Days Night. I had it on video and watched it so much that I completely wore out the tape.
    To this day I can pretty much recite the entire film by heart.

  • @Nikococo1936
    @Nikococo1936 Před 3 měsíci +5

    "We just showed up a BIT stoned" Hmmm a bit, sure, sure, sure,

  • @jeffthevideoguy23
    @jeffthevideoguy23 Před 7 měsíci +16

    I can't believe how quickly they filmed, edited and released the first 2 films.

  • @Kathmak
    @Kathmak Před 7 měsíci +11

    I personally love all the Beatles' performances in A Hard Day's Night, INCLUDING Paul.

  • @barbury-loves-islands
    @barbury-loves-islands Před 7 měsíci +6

    "A genuine friendship, and unmistakable chemistry, among its lead cast". A brilliant observation, that sums up why this little movie was SO good in the end.

  • @connor4wilson
    @connor4wilson Před 7 měsíci +35

    Your editing skills are so good, I'm genuinely jealous of how many little jokes you squeeze in from album outtakes or video clips from the films, its clear you put a ton of work into this video

  • @cynthiaforsythe8989
    @cynthiaforsythe8989 Před 7 měsíci +14

    I just watched AHDN with my almost-ten year old granddaughter last week! It was a real highlight for me because I was 10 years old in 1964 and saw it in the theater. It’s genius. I asked her which Beatle she enjoyed most and it was John, who as you pointed out, was a natural actor and quite hilarious. A few days later I caught her singing “Tell Me Why.” 😊 This was SUCH A GREAT VIDEO! I watch your videos more than once, always. So much excellent content. Thank you !

    • @archangelmusic13
      @archangelmusic13 Před 6 měsíci

      you and your granddaughter can enjoy my compleat beatles remake.i asked elliot to review it, but he wouldnt do it, which is a shame.

  • @evyalley
    @evyalley Před 7 měsíci +3

    And I have to say, I really wholeheartedly LOVE the song, It's All Too Much.

  • @aBeatleFan4ever
    @aBeatleFan4ever Před 7 měsíci +4

    (46:01) "We open on Paul, aimlessly noodling on a piano, a kind of funeral march".
    That is an interesting take on what McCartney is playing in that scene. I've always felt that what Paul was playing there - is a very interesting piece of music with classical overtones... which had the potential to be molded into a beautiful track. I have always hoped that Paul would one day come back to it - and finish it as a track on one of his solo records.

    • @poopshipdestroy3r
      @poopshipdestroy3r Před 7 měsíci

      It's "Adagio for strings" by Samuel Barber

    • @aBeatleFan4ever
      @aBeatleFan4ever Před 7 měsíci

      @@poopshipdestroy3r - Paul's piano piece is not "Adagio for Strings". There is an excellent short video that compares the two. The main part for the comparison is from 1:42 to 3:07 in this video. Here is a link to the video: czcams.com/video/u4irYMujkB4/video.html

  • @JordyBoothy
    @JordyBoothy Před 7 měsíci +6

    Most heartbreaking moment in cinema: Ringo in Yellow Submarine crying "I want me mam!" 😢

    • @archangelmusic13
      @archangelmusic13 Před 6 měsíci

      mum not mam haha.

    • @JordyBoothy
      @JordyBoothy Před 6 měsíci

      @@archangelmusic13 I remember him pronouncing it "mam" but it has been a few years!

    • @archangelmusic13
      @archangelmusic13 Před 6 měsíci

      @@JordyBoothy no he says mum

    • @JordyBoothy
      @JordyBoothy Před 6 měsíci

      @@archangelmusic13 czcams.com/video/-iREnoJdC0E/video.html

  • @RussellStarTrek007
    @RussellStarTrek007 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I think it's funny that Richard Lester went from directing A Hard Days Night (1964) & Help! (1965) to then going on to direct Superman II (1980) & Superman III (1983). What a career change.

  • @user-er7fu1fd3i
    @user-er7fu1fd3i Před 3 měsíci +3

    23:09 this scene always gets to me. You can just see and hear in his voice how shaken and destroyed he is over Brian’s death.

  • @waynecox3958
    @waynecox3958 Před 7 měsíci +8

    Maybe it's just me, but HELP is still one of my most joyous movie watches, even today. Yes, Another Girl is the pinnacle of the essence of The Beatles.

  • @teddyfurstman1997
    @teddyfurstman1997 Před 7 měsíci +18

    The Beatles movies are as iconic as their albums. My faves are Yellow Submarine and Help! The Anthologies and Get Back doc’s are also pretty good.

  • @jorgeb555
    @jorgeb555 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I once had lunch with Walter Shenson at a convention in Virginia Beach, where he told a few wonderful stories about working with them during the making of AHDN.
    I should have wrote them down. Ugh. 😔

  • @leesagrrl
    @leesagrrl Před 6 měsíci +5

    28:00 I Love Cry For a Shadow. We did it in an all-girl New Wave Band. The SF Band Translator did an awesome version too.

  • @PollyW326
    @PollyW326 Před 7 měsíci +15

    Brilliant, Elliot! A Hard Day’s Night is pure comfort for me. I adore it so. I remember watching Yellow Submarine on Tv as a kid every summer. So beautifully animated.

    • @archangelmusic13
      @archangelmusic13 Před 6 měsíci

      you might enjoy my compleat beatles remake

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Před 2 měsíci

      and lovely how they masked the agenda with a cartoon

  • @jakechat2716
    @jakechat2716 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Finally someone who agrees with me about the sheer perfection of the You're Going To Lose That Girl scene in Help! Fantastic stuff

  • @Geritopia
    @Geritopia Před 5 měsíci +3

    George’s “we had fun in those days” was a welcome positive comment. These films further document the Beatles filling in yet another pop culture niche. And, yes, Youre Going To Lose that Girl is is superb. Ive always loved it.

  • @highvoltage7797
    @highvoltage7797 Před 7 měsíci +7

    I never got that feeling from Paul in Hard days night. I thought he was pretty good.

    • @johnbarry1965
      @johnbarry1965 Před 7 měsíci

      And him living with an actress who'd done "Shakespeare"!

  • @GameLikeYouMeanIt
    @GameLikeYouMeanIt Před 7 měsíci +16

    I will be getting back into a Beatles music phase, and Elliot releases one of this the same day. It has happened multiple times. Fantastic video as usual. You have never lost your charming style. Keep up the good work.

    • @RocknRollAddicts
      @RocknRollAddicts Před 7 měsíci

      Same here, I’m on another Beatles kick now too!

    • @dondamon4669
      @dondamon4669 Před 7 měsíci +1

      It's crazy the way the phases come from nowhere 😂 sometimes I can't imagine listening to them again, still loving them but not wanting to listen to them then all of a sudden I become obsessed. ATM I'm listening to early Beatles and how mad the chords are!

  • @jamesdean9183
    @jamesdean9183 Před 7 měsíci +4

    17:19 I always thought that the point of the joke was that John sat there dialing the phone for what feels like forever just to wake everyone up, something he could have done almost instantly without having to do all that 😂

  • @theriddlersdiscordkitten
    @theriddlersdiscordkitten Před 7 měsíci +3

    Babe..Wake up, Elliot Roberts posted another beatles movie video

  • @peterthirdmusic2231
    @peterthirdmusic2231 Před 7 měsíci +6

    They really were a shining beam of growth.

  • @ErnestIII83
    @ErnestIII83 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The unsung comic team-up of Roy Kinnear and Victor Spinetti is another reason to check out Help.

  • @TotallyNotUni
    @TotallyNotUni Před 7 měsíci +5

    I love that Elliot had both the most hilarious transition into Help! and IMO a great lead into his talk about the film, without saying it, he shoots into the title song to talk about the film, it's great.

  • @ginevras
    @ginevras Před 7 měsíci +4

    Yellow Submarine was the first animated film I ever saw. I was four or five at the time and it has just stuck with me ever since. It is one of my all-time favourite films.

  • @Awaywrdson
    @Awaywrdson Před 7 měsíci +4

    "A Hard Day's Night" will always have my "Heart" !! Love the others, but I grew up on Black and White movies and it's just my favorite cause my Grandmother introduced me to them. She was a big fan !! 😊

  • @shinjiikari6894
    @shinjiikari6894 Před 7 měsíci +9

    I'm so unreasonably exited for your Beatles albums ranking to come out, this is one of the only channels that make really well made content about the Beatles so I'm always exited to see a new video 😭

  • @samsugarman979
    @samsugarman979 Před 7 měsíci +10

    Honestly, you posting videos is like Christmas! So lucky to have such brilliant and varied Beatles content!! Can't wait for the Ringo ranking (lol) and the inevitable Beatles ranking too....

  • @Paccyd33
    @Paccyd33 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Great video. In my opinion 49:11 you shouldn’t be looking at how bad let it be looks, it’s of the time but rather how spectacular get back looks. Some of the best restoration work I’ve ever seen

  • @maskedowl501
    @maskedowl501 Před 7 měsíci +5

    When I was about 3 or 4 years old, I remember watching the beginning of Yellow Submarine on TV on New Years Eve in the mid 90s. It was way past my bedtime so my dad started recording it so I can watch it at later time.
    It was one of my most watched and one of my favourite films as a kid. I previous thought about getting tattoos done based on visual references from the film.

    • @motnosniv
      @motnosniv Před 7 měsíci +1

      you should totally get those tats.

  • @Greggers1516
    @Greggers1516 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The Hey bulldog sequence in the movie gave me chills

  • @DSMChip
    @DSMChip Před 2 měsíci +5

    who's here after the quadruple beatles biopic announcement (i want elliot to play as george so badly you don't understand)

  • @Borella309
    @Borella309 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Research: 10/10. Writing: 10/10. Presentation: 10/10. Production/Editing: 10/10. FINAL SCORE: 11/10. (You're Going To Lose That Girl is the first bona fide music video, and Elliot picked up on this!). Amazing video!!!

  • @lucalone
    @lucalone Před 7 měsíci +3

    You have forgotten their best film: The Rutles. All you need is cash (1978)

  • @Crraao3179
    @Crraao3179 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Babe wake up new Elliot Roberts video just dropped and it’s almost an hour long and it’s Beatles related 🎉❤

  • @marivg8948
    @marivg8948 Před 7 měsíci +4

    We should also not forget that The Beatles' movies -- particularly Help! -- inspired the TV show (and band) The Monkees who ended up outselling both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in 1967. 🙂

  • @Heene1028
    @Heene1028 Před 6 měsíci +4

    2 things: it’s ironic that Paul was considered the worst actor because I think he had the best moment when he said, about his grandfather, “he’s very clean”
    #2 While Paul is not only my favorite Beatle, but also one of my top five heroes… I am very well aware of the fact that even in real life, he is very self-conscious and nervous… very difficult to watch him in interviews. His true self is seen best in Get Back. There we see what I think is probably the closest to being the real Paul

  • @pizzatimeking4379
    @pizzatimeking4379 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Yellow Submarine is in my top 3 movies of all time. I love it so much

  • @strawman80
    @strawman80 Před 7 měsíci +2

    This video you've made is .. immense.. nice one.

  • @neonh161
    @neonh161 Před 7 měsíci +2

    For me, The Beatles colour movie "Help!" was their masterpiece; and in my opinion, this movie was more the precursor to "The Monkees" TV series than the "A Hard Days Night" movie was..

  • @jeanpepin6497
    @jeanpepin6497 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Help! Is what got me into the beatles so it's always my favorite. Yellow submarine is so unique and looks amazing.

  • @LowgaenSchmidt
    @LowgaenSchmidt Před 7 měsíci +5

    That scene of them performing You're Gonna Lose That Girl I'm pretty sure was the inspiration for the Def Leppard music video for Love Bites. The lighting angles and silhouettes and background shots, everything is so on par with the Beatles in that scene.

  • @hamburgerturtle2613
    @hamburgerturtle2613 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Beautiful vid. Love them boys.

  • @Regina_M
    @Regina_M Před 6 měsíci +4

    I admire your breakdown of the movies. So insightful. So grateful I found your channel.

  • @muchanadziko6378
    @muchanadziko6378 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Yellow Submarine
    unironically both the single greatest animated movie ever made and unequivocally the single greatest psychedelic experience anyone could ever wish for

    • @blanket4763
      @blanket4763 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I study the history of animation from the 1920s until the 2020s and it is genuinely one of the greatest examples of why animation is so incredible as a medium. You can do anything with it. I don’t get why anyone would prefer hyperrealism and cgi when you can have this.

  • @dynaboyjl.4220
    @dynaboyjl.4220 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Magical Mystery Tour is so good, speaking as someone who just watched it when this video came out. I love that paul, john and george all get a feature song to kind of showcase their own "style", and then Ringo's brief stint singing just comes as he's warbling a tune on the bus and being told to shut up. It showcases all their individual creative energies so well. And even though George barely features, that can be said for the other films too. It's cool enough that we have his song, which feels authentic to him in a way he never really got when it came to visual media during the Beatles years.
    Also, putting a striptease on the BBC during christmas is fucking metal.

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Před 2 měsíci

      paul plays Viv well in that scene, and Death cab is a PID tune also

    • @scottandrewbrass1931
      @scottandrewbrass1931 Před měsícem

      ​@@user-fu2mi1nd5l🥱💤💤💤💤💩

  • @LuckIsImpossible
    @LuckIsImpossible Před 7 měsíci +2

    Ah yes, a new video for me to watch a dozen times

  • @Ghostygwen
    @Ghostygwen Před 7 měsíci +6

    Great timing, I recently did an at home double feature of Nowhere Boy and Backbeat and had the idea of the Beatles on film on the mind. What works so well about those two in particular is that Backbeat begins where Nowhere Boy ends so you essentially get one continuous story about the band’s beginnings. Great video!

    • @johnbarry1965
      @johnbarry1965 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I've done the same thing. Then after Backbeat I watched Lennon Naked with Christopher Ecclestone, which starts in 64 and finishes in 71. The Birth of the Beatles is from 1960-1963!!

    • @archangelmusic13
      @archangelmusic13 Před 6 měsíci

      you might enjoy my compleat beatles remake.

  • @StringersLogic
    @StringersLogic Před 6 měsíci +3

    As someone who lived through it all , I much appreciated it.
    Very well researched and presented.
    Thank you🙂

  • @donellehatcher7463
    @donellehatcher7463 Před 7 měsíci +2

    You would not how quick this video got my attention, thanks Elliot!

  • @andrewdittman4236
    @andrewdittman4236 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The joy i got when i saw this vid drop. This is my comfort channel

  • @Doctor_Straing_Strange

    Yellow Submarine was my childhood, what introduced me to The Beatles, and the absolute best Beatles movie. It's entertaining, beautiful to watch, and the songs are unbeatable

  • @Earnosethroat23
    @Earnosethroat23 Před 7 měsíci +5

    I first watched Yellow Submarine when I was in my early teens (not really all that long ago tbh but definitely a different stage of my life) and I think it was something about the whole peace and love message and how simple yet beautiful it really is that it moved me to tears. I was in the middle of my first big “Beatles phase” and during the All You Need Is Love scene I was full-on crying. Love that movie. Great video as always Elliot. Your channel has to be my favorite on all of CZcams at the moment

  • @LivingRoomTV-rh9om
    @LivingRoomTV-rh9om Před 7 měsíci +3

    I really hope you know how good it feels for us Beatles fans to watch all your great videos about the Beatles, Elliot!

  • @aBeatleFan4ever
    @aBeatleFan4ever Před 7 měsíci +2

    I went to see the "Let It Be" film when it first opened... and was mesmerized by everything in it. We were getting to see The Beatles in the process of creating their songs! This was the greatest thing ever. When VCRs became available for the general public to buy... the first film I bought to play on my VCR - was "Let It Be". I absolutely loved the film and still think it was the best Beatles film of the 5 you discuss in this video. Yes... it is even better than "A Hard Day's Night". I wish someone had the foresight to film The Beatles during each of their recording sessions. That could have been what they did after the first two films had been made - and the group decided they would not be doing any more of those. Just imagine if they had simply filmed them making their records - and edited that into a 90 minute film for each album period. Those films would be so great.

  • @zacharyspencer8321
    @zacharyspencer8321 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Thank you for the passing nods to the music videos. Even from the start, in even in B&W, they were surreal windows into how the music and culture of the time developed, and how those music videos influenced music AND music videos for decades.

  • @johnyarusso4953
    @johnyarusso4953 Před 7 měsíci +6

    I love your assessment of the Beatles movies. Of course I've seen them all, but I clearly remember seeing A Hard Day's Night in 1964 at 6 years old with my mother and even younger sister. I thought it was fantastic and laughed my little ass off, but wondered why the girls in the theater kept screaming at the screen anytime there was a close up on any of The Beatles. My mom liked the movie too.

  • @JBaum55
    @JBaum55 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Yellow Submarine is my favorite film of all time, and I could fill an entire book with what I could say about it. It's place in animation is especially incredible in itself, and especially since it was seemingly an afterthought for the group it was based on. There's so much to be said about how the work tinkers with the medium of animation, and ots influence can be seen throughout the '70s and into some works to this day. More importantly I think was that this experimentation was put together under a film that could still be enjoyed whether you were a hippie, a kid, or someone just wanting a fun time, which is often a hard line for any film to draw.

  • @anthonycapo8280
    @anthonycapo8280 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I was able to catch the 50th anniversary of Yellow Submarine in theaters, and it was spectacular to see it on the big screen!

  • @latexbeep
    @latexbeep Před 5 měsíci +2

    31:07 the best intermission

  • @CaitlinLarkin
    @CaitlinLarkin Před 7 měsíci +3

    Elliot... you're just amazing at what you do.

    • @CaitlinLarkin
      @CaitlinLarkin Před 7 měsíci +1

      Also.. I nearly spit out my drink when you did the Subscribers YS joke.

  • @hatsukoi3734
    @hatsukoi3734 Před 7 měsíci +3

    As an illustrator, a sometimes animator and a huge beatle fan, yellow submarine's style was a mix between classic disney animation combined with paper cutouts, collages, pop art (which was a huge thing at the time) and psychedelia. Most famous shots/characters have references to other pieces of media as well as classic paintings (For example, Blue meanies can be seen wearing mickey mouse inspired hats, because apparently Heinz wasn't a fan of disney/ eleanor rigby's "all the lonely people" scene with the umbrellas is a reference to magritte's "Golconda")
    I could go on and on about this film but it would take forever, it's really interesting, so if you're a fan i recommend looking into it more!

    • @hatsukoi3734
      @hatsukoi3734 Před 7 měsíci

      I wanted to add more to my comment and the heart disappeared 😀 anyways thank you Elliot! Great video :)

  • @marianacaffaro
    @marianacaffaro Před 7 měsíci +2

    What a wonderful video, Elliot

    • @archangelmusic13
      @archangelmusic13 Před 6 měsíci

      you might enjoy my compleat beatles remake, in fact i know you would

  • @Busser_King
    @Busser_King Před měsícem +15

    you look like the sixties

  • @RocknRollAddicts
    @RocknRollAddicts Před 7 měsíci +3

    I am so glad you released a new video, you hands down have the best content on the Beatles!

  • @JJFT235
    @JJFT235 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Awesome video! Really hits home of how much the Beatles have impacted pop culture even beyond their incredible music. Their influence still affects all of us in ways we can easily miss

  • @mxmissy
    @mxmissy Před 6 měsíci +1

    Yellow Submarine is my favourite song, and I have such a fondness for the movie. It's kind of funny that the Yellow Submarine movie is where they phoned it in essentially.

  • @Zholobov1
    @Zholobov1 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Wow, what a treasure! Thank you VERY much for this wonderful review. Simply one of the best 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥