Let It Be is a film about The Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album "Let it Be"in January 1969.
The original premise of the film was to show the Beatles 'live' in the studio, creating their next album (which would be a live album), followed by a concert.
However, the band members had begun to drift apart, and the project documents some of the aspects leading to the groups eventual break up.The film is interesting to watch.
The Beatles assembled at Twickenham Film Studios on January 2nd 1969 accompanied by the film crew, and began recording. There were tensions and disagreements among the Beatles, and they disliked the conditions at the Twickenham studios and the working schedule.
They started work in the morning rather than working late into the night as they had been accustomed to doing at
Abbey Road Studios, where they usually recorded their songs.
George Harrison quit the sessions for a few days, although this is not documented in the film.
Eventually the band left Twickenham and went to their own new basement recording studio at Apple's headquarters in Savile Row, London; and Harrison brought in keyboardist Billy Preston to play electric piano/organ.
The Let It Be film includes the Beatles performing finished versions of "Two of Us", "The Long and Winding Road", "Let It Be", "Get Back", "Don't Let Me Down", "I've Got a Feeling", "One After 909", and "Dig a Pony".
To end the film the band were going to perform a live concert but after failing to agree on any venue, the band settled for an unannounced concert atop their own building, Apple's headquarters.
The Beatles, accompanied by Preston, performed on January 30, 1969 - intercut in the film with interviews of some rather surprised Londoners near the Apple headquarters as the music blasts out from the roof.
The performance and the film close with the police arriving and shutting the concert down.
Fantastic stuff!
Click Here to watch a clip from the film.