Let It Be

The dissolution of the Fab Four is captured on camera in Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary, a filmed record of the sessions for what would become the Beatles' final release, Let It Be. (Abbey Road, cut shortly after these sessions, was in fact the group's final recording, but it was released a year ...more

By 1969, the four Beatles had pretty much gone their own way. They were still recording as The Beatles, of course, but each songwriter basically used the other three members as his backing band. Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary, Let It Be, is most famous for documenting this division. The tension among the four becomes palpable a few times in the film, but what really lifts this documentary above the voyeuristic is the Apple rooftop concert at the end. It was the Beatles' last public ...more