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A Long, Winding Road Worth Taking
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/22/2022
Who would have thought the guy who made Lord of the Rings would go on to fundamentally change the way we can view documentaries, utilizing technology to update and innovate what is old and make it new again? After the excellent World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old, Jackson set his sights on arguably the most influential band of all time, The Beatles. He set his sights on one of the most difficult times for the group - which led to some of their most indelible songs, their final concert and their inevitable breakup.
You may have seen this in another documentary, Michael Lindsay-Hogg's "Let It Be" though it's run was quite limited in the U.S. While the original documentary was over three hours long, the final cut was only an hour-and-a-half - with much of the cuts …
