This project allows you to see him in all of his idiosyncratic movements with all the joy and reaction to listening to things.” - Joanna Forscherįorscher describes the genesis of the project. Often when we do see Paul he’s seated and it’s very much a straight traditional documentary. “Paul has been interviewed a million times and part of what we needed to do was to find a way to extract some new stories from him. NAB Amplify spoke with producers Chloe Chapman, Joanna Forscher and lead editor Paul Snyder about how they put the six half-hour episodes together.
(Interestingly the videos and stills inserts are mostly in color, accentuating the difference.) And not forgetting that everything is in a beautiful black and white tint. The show leans on those operators to pick out the best shots in isolation for the edit. It’s a multi-camera look with the operators often in shot. Theatrical lighting on a near empty sound stage have Rubin and Sir Paul amiably chatting like musos do about their music. What immediately strikes you about McCartney 3, 2, 1 is the visual style it’s gorgeous. Using a fellow musical brother talking in a safe space might just be the key that unlocks those golden moments. Through 50 years of his musical life there must be pure gold waiting for the right interviewer or interview style. The main challenge for the documentary makers was to lift it out of the many that McCartney has either auto-piloted through or clammed up to.
However, there is a moment when they are listening to the takes of “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” that McCartney says with some embarrassment, “This is why we don’t go in to tapes,” after hearing a soloed out of tune shriek.īut McCartney 3, 2, 1, directed by Emmy Award-winning Zachary Heinzerling, is a haven of good vibes and intentions part of Hulu’s growing library of documentaries on influential and significant figures including Hillary Clinton and Greta Thunberg. In a new The Beatles documentary called McCartney 3, 2, 1 from Hulu, he and producer and interviewer Rick Rubin pick apart multi-tracks of some of The Beatles and Wings albums, soloing with some relish. It didn’t show her in a great light and was grossly unfair to her and the project.īut Sir Paul had either never heard it or had long forgotten it. Back in the nineties there was an illicit soloed track of Linda McCartney singing background vocals doing the rounds.
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You’re usually hearing a naked, jarring snippet that was never designed to be heard out of the full sound mix. You can watch the full trailer above.There’s usually nothing good about soloing a track on a sound desk unless you’re working on it. McCartney 3,2,1 will premiere on Hulu on Friday, July 16th. Some of what’s brought out in the docuseries is even surprising to McCartney when Rubin reads a quote from Lennon about how “Paul is one of the most innovative bass players that ever played bass and the stuff that’s going on now is ripped from his Beatle period,” it’s the first time McCartney has ever heard the words-and he’s clearly moved. From the trailer alone, it’s clear that McCartney is having a good time, and gives a clear accounting of just how collaborative the band was in creating its distinctive sound. McCartney offers some gem quotes throughout-“We were writing songs that were memorable because we had to remember them!”-and shares both stories and music that have never been heard before. “Now I look back and I was working with John Lennon.” “At the time, I was just working with this bloke John,” McCartney explains of the band’s early days.
The decades seem to have given McCartney the time needed to reflect on the enormity of the band he was a part of, and how they helped to redefine the music industry as we know it-turning everyday musicians into global icons. As the two listen to old Beatles tunes, McCartney recalls how certain aspects of the band, its members, and their songs came together (pun most definitely not intended). In the six-part Hulu docuseries, McCartney sits down with legendary music producer Rick Rubin for what appears to be one of his most personal interviews ever. The trailer for McCartney 3,2,1 has just dropped, and it seems like just the kind of intimate experience Beatles fans have long craved. The Cute Beatle, is talking in McCartney 3,2,1. But there are only four people who ever knew what that fandom looked and felt like from the inside: John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney. Millions of people around the world, of all ages, have seen the photos of the hormone-induced mania that followed The Beatles wherever they went in the 1960s and ‘70s.
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