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With his new, high-profile Disney+ rock documentary, the great filmmaker Martin Scorsese has done something few would have believed possible: he has made the Beatles boring.

T he most entrancing scene in Martin Scorsese’s Beatles ’64 documentary features John, Paul, George and Ringo on stage in Washington DC, with George Harrison leading his bandm

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Director David Tedeschi takes vérité footage shot by the Maysles brothers and incorporates it into a meditation on what the Beatles meant in 1964.

Beatles ’64’ director David Tedeschi, and co-producers Martin Scorsese and Olivia Harrison shared what they loved about the new documentary at a recent premiere screening of the film.

Produced by Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi’s film threads contemporary interviews and historical context through rare footage shot by the Maysles brothers.

Before Taylor Swift and the cult of Swifties took over pop culture, The Beatles created a similar craze in 1964 with Beatlemania. Their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show remains iconic (even Boygenius paid homage to it during their SNL appearance).

Review by Karl Puschmann Karl Puschmann is the Culture Editor and an Entertainment Columnist for New Zealand’s Herald. His fascination lies in finding out what drives and inspires creative people. It took two weeks for The Beatles to conquer America,