About this episode

This episode features a conversation with the director and producer of a film about The Beatles' early recording career.

The cinematic treatment of the 2022 Mark Lewisohn lectures on the first year of The Beatles' recording career has been given a terrific cinematic treatment (see it on Amazon Prime). This episode features my conversation with the film's director, Chris Purcell, and its producer, Simon Weitzman. BOTH filmmakers have produced other Beatle-themed films, including Miss O'Dell, A Love Letter To The Beatles, The Beatles and Us, and Why Don't We Do It In The Road?, as well as other non-Beatle projects. We discuss ALL of it (and the Dementia Choir as well) in this talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guests: Chris Purcell, Simon Weitzman

Topics covered

• The Beatles
• film production
• music documentaries
• interviews
• Beatle-themed films

Keywords

• The Beatles
• film
• Chris Purcell
• Simon Weitzman
• music
• documentary
• Mark Lewisohn

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Evergreen Podcasts

Books & works: Miss O'Dell, A Love Letter To The Beatles, The Beatles and Us, Why Don't We Do It In The Road?, Dementia Choir, Mark Lewisohn lectures

Places: Amazon Prime

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