This is the best!!!!!

The Beatles Anthology Is the best docementry i have ever seen i am a sevear beatle fan is this is a must need for any beatle fan out thare!!!!

The Beatles Anthology

The motherlode.
This has been put together brilliantly and the music,of course,is transcendent.
The ( contemporary ) interviews with Paul,George and Ringo are frank and fascinating and are cleverly interwoven with old John interviews.
You know these faces and these voices so well,and yet the level of intimacy and open-ness is such that you really feel like you are being taken into their confidence."It was like this...... "
To describe this anthology as " definitive " misses the scale of the undertaking.In 200 years,people who love this music will refer to this anthology.What a thought.

Essential in every way for music AND history buffs

Having recently read Bob Spitz's massive but delightful book "The Beatles: The Biography", I wanted to check out the Beatles Anthology again, not having watched it in many years.

"The Beatles Anthology" (5 DVDs; approx. 645 min.) does an absolutely superb job in bringing the visual history of the Beatles to the screen. Here some of my personal highlights of this set: (1) the Swedish TV appearance from late '63, where the band gets asked to do an impromptu additional song, and Paul tears into a rousing "Have Some Fun Tonight"; (2) the madness that was Beatlemania in mid-1964, such as the visit to Amsterdam and the premiere of "A Hard Day's Night" movie in London; (3) the Shea Stadium concert in August 65, with a cleaver pre-concert montage (I also had forgotten this was the first stadium show in rock history); (4) the first intentional video in 1966 for "Paperback Writer"; (5) the montage for "A Day in the Life"; (6) the utter boredom of the guys, but in particular George, in the video for "Hello Goodbye"; and (7) the whole commotion around the opening of the Apple store in December, 1967 (capping off an unbelievable 6 months, started with the "Pepper" album release).

The "Special Features" DVD is actually quite good. The best bits are of course George, Paul and Ringo reminiscing and playing/strumming some songs (such as a great "Blue Moon of Kentucky") in various sessions in 94 and 95 (George's story of his second--and last--meeting with Elvis in the early seventies is hilarious). The guys also spend time in the studio with producer George Martin going through various takes of some songs; the disection of "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" will be fascinating for true Beatles fans.

In all, this is a massive DVD set, but enjoyable from beginning to end, and that's an understatement. As the years go by, this now also becomes a nice time piece for historians looking back at the 1960s culture and society. Essential and highly recommended!