The Beatles on Film
Analysis of Movies, Documentaries, Spoofs and Cartoons
This book provides the production history and a contextual interpretation of The Beatles' movies (A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be) and describes their ability to project the group's image at different stages in their career. It also includes a discussion of all of The Beatles' promotional films and videos, as well as their television cartoon series and the self-produced television special Magical Mystery Tour. Along with The Beatles' feature movies and promos, this analysis also contains documentaries, such as The Compleat Beatles and Anthology, as well as dramatizations of the band's history, such as Backbeat, The Hours and Times, and Two of Us.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Introduction
Seiten 7 - 10 -
Beatles History - Part One: 1956-1964
Seiten 11 - 38 -
The Beatles on Film - Part One: 1964-1965
Seiten 39 - 86 -
Beatles History - Part Two: 1964-1966. A Contextual Interpretation of The Beatles' Image Change in 1966
Seiten 87 - 92 -
The Beatles on Film - Part Two: 1965-1970
Seiten 93 - 136 -
Beatles History - Part Three: 1970-2008
Seiten 137 - 144 -
Screening the Past: Film and History
Seiten 145 - 150 -
Movies about The Beatles
Seiten 151 - 180 -
Documentaries about The Beatles
Seiten 181 - 190 -
Spoofs
Seiten 191 - 194 -
Conclusion: Image, Myth, History, and The Beatles
Seiten 195 - 202 -
Works Cited
Seiten 203 - 210 -
The Author/Acknowledgments
Seiten 211 - 212
27. September 2015, 214 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8394-0885-8
Dateigröße: 1.5 MB