The Beatles are getting some attention at this year’s Venice Film Festival, which announced its 2024 lineup on Tuesday.
The legendary band dominated the music scene for a full decade from 1960 and, in various capacities, earned a spot in the documentary section of the famous music festival. doc kevin macdonald and sam rice edwards One on One: John and Yoko focuses on the close public relationship between the two artists while what we said today On the other hand, Andrei Ujica from Romania tells the story of the band’s famous first North American tour – a film that should have been prepared 10 years ago.
On John Lennon’s official website, Mercury Studios’ Macdonald documentary is described as “a moving look at the couple’s lives as they entered transformative 1970s New York, exploring their musical, personal , art, society and the political world. Macdonald himself said: “I wanted to make a film that would surprise and delight even the most loyal fans of Lennon and Ono, focusing on a transformative period in their lives and Telling this story through their own words, images and music… Created around beautiful 16mm footage of the only full concert John gave after leaving the Beatles, I hope this film will The audience is introduced to a more intimate version of John and Yoko – while also reflecting their politically radical and experimental side.
The Beatles disbanded in 1970 after a period of wild popularity. They are the best-selling music act of all time, having sold an estimated 600 million records worldwide. In December 1980, Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City.
Other documents revealed during Tuesday’s Venice lineup include Asif Kapadia’s 2073 and separatethe latest from the great Errol Morris (fog of war), and Göran Hugo Olsson’s Israel Palestine on Swedish Television 1958-1989, chronicling three decades of Swedish public broadcaster coverage of crises in the Middle East. Andres Weir’s RiefenstahlA film about notorious and groundbreaking German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl will also be released.
from darkness to lightA documentary about Jerry Lewis’s unreleased Holocaust film from directors Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler The day the clown criedfeaturing never-before-seen footage of the legendary lost film, will be screened in Venice’s Classics section, dedicated to documentaries about the film.
“Venice” will have its world premiere on August 28 Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceThe sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 hit comedy-horror film, screened out of competition. Joker 2, Mariaand Wolves It will also premiere at the festival.
