Beatles ‘64 & The First U.S. Visit
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- I have recently watched Beatles ‘64, and in this video I give my thoughts on the new documentary, as well as the original film by Albert and David Maysles.
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I have the DVD of the Beatles first US tour and love it, also have a DVD of the Ed Sullivan, Beatles performances and I have a Disney plus sub for when the grandkids visit, only ever watch it myself for Peter Jackson's, Get Back. I've watched the intro to Beatles 64, will find a quiet my time to sit down and watch it all but in no hurry,
I’m glad you liked it. I watched it and i felt it was more geared towards the new Beatles fans who are just starting to learn about the band. While there were a couple of clips that I hadn’t seen before, it just felt like been there already. It also lacked enough complete performances. The visual quality was good, I’ll give them that. I’ll stick with the first U.S visit DVD.
@@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 I definitely prefer the first U.S visit
Another video from my go-to Beatles expert. Thanks Chloe!
@@kentgeorge5665 Thank you! ❤️
Just watched Beatles ‘64 on Disney+, every quote used in this documentary-even every word used-serves a purpose; the footage of the Beatles and the other performers featured in these moments of music history is superb; it is heartbreakingly sad to only now hear and see pristine sound and video footage of the American acts that influenced the Fab Four.
Love John, Paul, George and Ringo,
Love the makers of Beatles ‘64,
It’s So Fine, It’s Sunshine,
It’s The Word, Love
Spread The Word Love
For me, the interviews in "Beatles'64" are extremely (!) important. Without them this brilliant documentary would be just another video showing the band playing live - something that had been putting me off the band's early period (up to 1966) for almost three decades. This new documentary and the "Eight Days a Week" brought me back to... well, to The Beatles.
i think "The First U.S. Visit" is great. you can clealy see how the Albert and David Maysles footage influenced "a hard day's night." from the train trip to the press conferences to the night club scene the similarities are astounding. i wonder if Alun Owen, the screenwriter of "a hard days night," was present during this visit and that's where he got most of his ideas and dialogue. i can also see where i think paul becomes depressed during this visit. by the end of the documentary you can see his ethusiasm has seemingly drained by the end of the visit. he may have been overwhelmed by all the attention. a depression will often follow a "mania" as the initial thrill of a wonderful event kind of deteriorates. it is an excellent dvd and i, too, highly recommend it. thanks for the smile.
@@cjmacq-vg8um not sure how much this would've influenced A Hard Days Night as filming began only a few weeks later and the Maysles film probably hadn't been aired.
@@adrianmist6681 ... are you saying you see no similaritiues between the 2 films? the similarity is too obvious to be a coincidence. i'm not saying the maysles film influenced "a hard days night." i'm saying WHAT was filmed influenced "a hard days night." i doubt alun owen ever saw the maysles film. but he was there on the trip during the beatles first visit. he witnessed the train ride, the press conferences and the night club antics as they were being filmed and put them in the screenplay of the movie. there's no other way to explain the blatant similiarities.
@cjmacq-vg8um yeah well it is possible. Of course there's a big similarity but would have had to work quick because they started filming in March. I'm guessing that locations have to be chosen well in advance, plus the train booked, I don't know how quickly they could have arranged those things. Although the dialogue can be changed right up till the last minute.
What if it had already been decided on a train journey for AHDN and Owen used the US trip to get the final script sorted?
@@adrianmist6681 ... all i'm doing is making an observation about how similar the 2 films are. its too uncanny to be mere coincidence. the film even ends in an ed sullivan type tv performance.
but for some reason you're making a baseless argument against this fact. its obvious to me that owen got much of the screenplay from this trip that was filmed by the maysles brothers.
btw - the locations are called "movie sets." very little OF ANY FILM is filmed on location. usually just the exterior shots.
@@cjmacq-vg8um hey, the 2 films are very similar, I'm not denying that. But there were only about 3 or 4 weeks between when both films were shot, is that enough time to plan an entire film, write the script, hire a train and a TV studio? Surely some of that preparation had already begun before The Beatles went to the USA.
Beatles '64 is a good companion to the original, nothing more
@@harrypalma8821 it's not a good companion, it's a very naughty boy!
Younger viewers watching this will wonder what all the fuss was!
What a fantastic video have a great day also happy first week of December and also today is my friends birthday was December 2❤😊
Hi,
I am part of the BEATLES 64 movie streaming on DISNEY+.
I am the only one who had color 8mm silent footage. I am also seen running alongside the Beatles limo
at the 46 minute mark, shot by the Maysles brothers. My color contributions are:
1. The color footage of the crowd outside the Plaza hotel.
2. The color footage scene of the girls holding placards.
3. The brief color scene of Paul in the limo on the way to the Ed Sullivan studios.
4. My name JOE SHEROV is in the credits, On the upper hand side of the screen at the last 20 seconds of the movie. I was only 17 years old when all this wonderful history transpired. Hope you all enjoy this wonderful piece of history.
Hi Chlozy! I really enjoyed your review of Beatles 64! I don't have Disney Plus but maybe one day I can get it. Finding new Beatle footage is liking finding gold! Luckily UA-cam has a lot of good footage which is really nice. Keep putting out videos because you are the best! Russ
@@rhlennon5869 Thank you Russ!
I just ordered the "The First US Visit" DVD because I keep hearing good things about it and I haven't seen it. I enjoyed "Beatles 64" for the most part, knowing that it was most likely intended for very casual fans and newbies. The new footage was great fun to see and the performances sounded great.
@@sammcbride2149 I think you’re going to love The First US Visit :)
i think "The First U.S. Visit" is great. you can clealy see how the Albert and David Maysles footage influenced "a hard day's night." from the train trip to the press conferences to the night club scene the similarities are astounding. i wonder if Alun Owen, the screenwriter of "a hard days night," was present during this visit and that's where he got most of his ideas and dialogue. i can also see where i think paul becomes depressed during this visit. by the end of the documentary you can see his ethusiasm has seemingly drained by the end of the visit. he may have been overwhelmed by all the attention. a depression will often follow a "mania" as the initial thrill of a wonderful event kind of deteriorates. it is an excellent dvd!
You won’t be disappointed remember this was done in the 90s. But so much better than Beatles 64…
Nice Lennon hat!
@@Tony-yp7ok Thank you!
✨Thank you for this insight! I dont have Disney + but lots of Disney dvd's😀I hope Beatles 64 on blue ray or dvd will be available soon✨Have a great day Chlozy Cat✨✨☕️
@@patlampo9288 Thank you! I have lots of Disney DVDs too :) And I hope so, it’ll be good to have it on DVD.
I did like the DVD you had the 1st visit that was fun to watch. I did talk to 1 critic who said Beates '64 is not that bad but its really not worth seeing there is not a lot of new material or new insights about that 1st tour of the US that we Beatle people don't already know
The First US Visit is better than Beatles 64.
I agree The first USA Visit Dvd is better I’ve had it since it’s release date,I found The 1964 was more about the fans
This girl is spot on❤
I bought the initial release on VHS for $100:00. It came with a standup of the band which I still have.
I thought it was ok.The best thing about "The First US Visit" for me is that it ISN"T narrated. You're basically a "fly-on-the-wall", taking in the mania firsthand, and left to make your own impressions. The interviews in Beatles '64 by the people who were there, Smokey Robinson, Ronnie Spector, etc, are interesting, as are the interviews with the fans who were actually there... good stuff. But interviewing people who were no closer to the actual event than I was adds nothing of value, and just distracts from the focus and flow. Speaking of flow, the pacing was sluggish, to be kind. The whole thing needed a lot more of what we all love The Beatles for in the first place: the music! All imho, of course, ymmv...
@@toneslotohnz4540 I agree with your thoughts
I was around when The Beatles burst onto the scene and I thought this was a very well made film. It had a lot of historical value and covered more of the impact The Beatles had on race relations which was never covered in this way before. Beatle people have missed the point of this film. It wasn’t going to be a cleanup of The first U.S. Visit dvd. This film told a very important story of what happened during those 14 days and the huge impact The Beatles made during that 14 days. Look beyond what you wanted them to do and see the important historical value of this film
Unfortunately I'm finding it hard to be positive about this new film, yes it's great to see the footage restored and I did find some of the interviews interesting. On the down side, there was no continuity, no story and no excitement! Why did we not see the Ed Sullivan show, surely this is the whole point of the story? What was the point of the clips from a documentary about electronic communication? Overall I don't really think it was worth me subscribing to disney + plus for this, unlike the Get Back documentary which was well worth the the price 3 years ago.
Glad you enjoyed it though.
Unfortunately, I have to agree with your comments. I was very disappointed with Beatles '64. I'm old enough to remember the unbelievable excitement of the Beatles arrival in '64 and this film does not capture the times. Why am I listening to somebody sleep walk through "All My Loving" near the beginning but not seeing The Beatles excite the nation with their opening performance on Sullivan ? Smokey singing "Yesterday" on Sullivan in '68 ? The headline in The Telegraph summed it up, "Beatles ’64: Martin Scorsese achieves the impossible - he makes the Beatles boring." Watched "The First U.S. Visit" again, far superior film that I highly recommend.
I found a torrent of it, so no Disney + BS for me.. Now I can watch it anytime I want. 🏴☠️
Now if they get smart and release it on Blu-ray, I'll definitely buy a copy... Physical media for life, if I can help it! 🍻
The 1st US Visit isn’t Disney
Este documental tiene un objetivo diferente al dvd, no se les puede comparar, en todo caso son complementarios el uno al otro.
Me encantaría ver si tienes libros sobre los Beatles, y de tu coleccion de dvds piratas beatle.
What a disappointment that Beatles '64 documentary ! It goes all over the place, and very little music and performances. Also I can miss the talking heads about their memories. The dvd The Beatles First US Visit is SO much better !
Believe me the First US Tour was Far better than Beatles 64.
My Opinon is that The Famous Bee-At-les were a Great Group of Young Chaps who were surrounded by First Class Business Creative Types from Brian Epstein to George Martin and in between. I have never seen or heard anything sleazy about any of them. My Girl Friend at the time was well connected via her Father who was a Columnist in San Francisco who failed to get tix for The Fab Fours' Final Foray at CandelstIck Park, he instead produced tickets for The Jefferson AirplanE and Buffalo Springfield at The Univ. of San Franciscos' Gymnassium. Not Nearly as Kool but an acceptable substitute. Have You watched The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus in which John performs? ( About 1969 )In any Event Much R&R Love. Bruce S.
@@BruceSpiegelman-w8j I haven’t seen The Rolling Stones’ Rock & Roll Circus yet, but it’s something I want to watch :)
The First U.S. Visit is better than Beatles '64 .
Beatles 64 was poor. The Beatles footage was mostly all seen before, and the new material was bizarre, for example, the interview with (the artist formally known as) Terence Trent D'arby, who was 2 in 1964, and the Jack Douglas' bizarre trip to Liverpool which meant nothing to this documentary. We got the cliched Beatles healing America after JFK's death at the beginning (which was followed by some horrible cover version of 'All My Loving'), the cliched Beatles championing black artists piece and the cliched Paul story about playing She Loves You to his dad for the first time; all heard for the million time. Also for a movie titled 'Beatles 64'. what happened to the other 11 and a half months? And why did we get a 1965 (note, not 1964) performance of Smokey Robinson singing Yesterday? The whole song!! Absolutely pointless.
It was crap
Why was it crsp
@ Too many talking Heads. Plus the U.S. first visit DVD is better including the extras.