Initial press reports stated that the Beatles themselves would provide their own character voices; however, aside from composing and performing the songs, the real Beatles participated only in the closing scene of the film, while their cartoon counterparts were voiced by other actors.
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As an aesthetic piece it is attractive and amazing. And it can be argued that it acts to normalise all kinds of surreal and psychedelic ideas. It certainly makes Terry Gilliam acceptable to (a section of ) the staid, middle class, conservative audience. Fifty years on it's hard to find direct descendants of either the style or the type of this movie. I think that means it was not very influential. To a genuine radical or separatist it possibly seems like a sellout. So maybe the movie's politics are compromised too.
ReplyDeleteAs a narrative movie it's a mess. Not particularly funny or fast moving, neither is it profound or romantic. It's kind of routine runaround in plot terms. Compare and contrast this the then contemporary movie 2001 A Space Odyssey to get an idea.
What was the point of this movie?
The Beatles had signed a 3 movie deal with United Artists and this was what they could come up with. I think that's it..... The Pythons had the balls a decade later to call their final album "Monty Python's Contractual Obligation"
Magical Mystery Tour had better songs...
Help had all that unfortunate 'Curry and Chips' style racism...
Hard Days Night wasn't filmed in colour...
Let It Be is Tramadol for the soul...
At least Neil Aspinall and HandMade films funded Life of Brian, otherwise the Beatles could have done better to stick to pop music.
ABM rating 1.5/3