Review of
The
Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night, video directed by Richard Lester
Five out of
five stars
When viewing this video, it is easy to see the genesis
of the rock video. Filmed only a short time after they came to America and
immediately dominated the pop music scene, this movie has the Fab Four playing
silly caricatures of themselves. Embedded within the silliness, they perform
several of their songs and the climax has them in a concert in front of a live
audience.
The plot is
silly and meandering, which is by design. Paul’s grandfather is the character
having the greatest role other than the four Beatles and he too is a caricature
of the British man of the sixties. Screaming crowds of young girls chase the
Beatles through the streets, most of the time they are straight out of the
silent movies.
The Beatles
revolutionized pop music, nearly everyone knows that. Less well known is the
fact that they pioneered the music video and you can see that in this movie.
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