Headline : The Long, Winding, and Weird Legacy of the Beatles’ Notorious ‘Let It Be’ Movie

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Let It Be is back? Nobody thought this day would ever come. The Beatles’ 1970 lost-lost documentary Let It Be has always been dismissed as the band’s tombstone. It’s a movie that people regard as a disaster but hardly anyone has actually seen, just like Magical Mystery Tour. Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Let It Be came out in May 1970, right when the Fabs were splitting up, and went down in history as their “break-up film.” All four refused to show up for the premiere. Apple has kept it officially unavailable for decades. It’s barely been seen in the past 50 years. Of all the Beatles’ artifacts, Let It Be seemed to be buried deepest.

But Apple and Disney+ are finally bringing it back, in a new restoration that premieres on Disney+ on May 8. Let It Be has been digitally restored and cleaned up by Peter Jackson, using the same technology he used for his amazing 2021 miniseries Get Back, with Lindsay-Hogg’s blessing. It’s still the same film, showing the Beatles in the studio, in the stormy sessions for the album that became their farewell, Let It Be. Who could resist 80 minutes of the Fab Four bitching each other out?

But Get Back definitely changed the way people thought about this era and these sessions, revealing the joy and camaraderie. So will the world finally be ready to see Let It Be with a fresh perspective? How will it look now that we know so much more about the story? 

Let It Be has always had a rotten reputation. It’s been difficult to see the movie, since its short-lived 1970 theater run. It was briefly available on home video, but then got yanked and buried. I saw it as a teenager at a midnight screening in Boston, with a crowd that booed when Yoko Ono was onscreen. The hostile vibes in the studio came across in the theater. So it’s a major surprise that Let It Be is coming out of the crypt. As Beatle archival projects go, this one seemed about as likely as Magical Mystery Tour: The Musical or “Carnival of Light” on Ice. Editor’s picks The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 50 Worst Decisions in Movie History Every Awful Thing Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term

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