BEATLES STORIES
(SETH SWIRSKY)
PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK BY WIENERWORLD
Every second of The Beatles history has been printed, recorded, filmed, photographed, painted and mass produced in so many different mediums and formats it’s impossible to ever imagine there might be a method not yet utilised - unless you want to attempt superimposing every song lyric on a rain-cloud which is then manacled to the Liverpool skyline and programmed by a purpose built hi tech control tower to rain a different song upon the city every day at 4pm which is contained within an orchestra of raindrops that release lyrics, vocals and music upon hitting the ground. Possibly not yet an option so we make do with duplicates of duplicates engulfing other yawn products with no more else to offer than a rephrased helping of the same trivia we gorged on years ago. You’re not so much bored with it just occupied by it Re-issued, re-packaged, reviled. Until, from the starkest of concepts, came a captivatingly radical production of sheer genius. Songwriter/musician Seth Swirsky, himself a lifetime Beatles fan, came up with the simplest of ideas, to track down people who had met either an individual band member or the entire band and get them to relate their experience to him as he filmed it. The more people he spoke to and the more stories he got generated a tapestry of momentous information and personal history that quite possibly had never been documented anywhere until now. Listening to each personal story unfold is a fascinating insight into The Beatles and how down to earth, everyday human beings they were despite the whole world constantly watching their every move. This prosaic, informal side to them is rarely touched upon in any other Beatles documentary, but here it becomes the only side of them on view. The 85 minute production features 53 stories from celebrities and insiders including Art Garfunkel, Brian Wilson, Sir George Martin, Ben Kingsley, Ray Manzarek and Davy Jones ranging from the poignant to the utterly hilarious. It’s a candid and informal atmosphere that reveals such historic moments with such simple diversity. A labour of love for director Seth Swirsky. Made by a fan for the fans.
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