#the beatles and india

[greensparty]

BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF 2022

Documentary as a genre can encompass any medium: feature film, TV mini-series, or even podcasts. Here are my picks for the best Docs of the year:

Honorable Mentions:    

Meet Me in the Bathroom  Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern

Nothing Compares  Kathryn Ferguson

Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99  Jamie Crawford

George Carlin’s American Dream  Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio

The Beatles and India  Ajoy Bose and Peter Compton

Freedom Uncut  David Austin and George Michael

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, A Song  Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine

Sidney  Reginald Hudlin

10. Back to the Drive-In  April Wright

9. Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres  Suzanne Joe Kai

8. Is That Black Enough for You?!?  Elvis Mitchell

7. Claydream  Marq Evans

6. If These Walls Could Sing  Mary McCartney

5. Stutz  Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill sits down with his therapist for a doc about the therapist and his approach, that is insightful and thought-provoking.

4. The Pez Outlaw  Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel

This profile of a man who smuggled rare Pez dispensers into America in the 90s and made millions is so crazy and outlandish you need to see it to believe it!

3. Moonage Daydream  Brett Morgen

Morgen’s doc about David Bowie was made with the Bowie Estate and had some rare footage of the rock legend, but it was really the sci-fi approach to the subject that made this electric!

2. Good Night Oppy  Ryan White

The inspirational story of Opportunity, the Mars rover that was expected to live 90 days and explored Mars for 15 years, was the big screen Event Movie of documentaries in 2022!

1. Last Flight Home  Ondi Timoner

Ondi turned the camera onto her father Eli Timoner towards the end of his life with a cinema vérité account of the family confronting death. This went beyond a movie or a documentary and was truly an emotional life experience that was captured on film by one of the people experiencing it. Nothing but respect and admiration for Ondi and her brave filmmaking at such a time.

[amikye]

I watched The Beatles and India last night (fantastic, highly recommend) and my dormant Interest has been Reactivated™️

[pablolf]

Film Journal

"The Beatles and India" by Ajoy Bose and Peter Compton

[kayla161]

pattie in india 1968 - ily pattie u can do no wrong 💘💘

[paulic]

this part of let it be makes me want to sell my soul to the devil to have been with them in India. What the fuck sort of meta conversation is going on between J&P

P: “It’s incredible yknow just to sort of see us. What we’re doing, it’s incredible…”

?: “What were you doing?”

J: “yes, what were we doing?”

P (stuttering, pulling his hair): “well, y— err, I don’t really know, you know, but it’s like, we totally sort of put our own personalities on there […]”

Ringo laughing, cut to John grinning

[javelinbk]

The Beatles in India, 1968: A collection of photographs. From the Pattie Boyd collection at Christie’s

[icriedforthemoon]

this morning I was researching more info about "I'm so tired" (to be honest the whole white album has secrets we are yet to discover in my opinion) and stumbled across this

GUYS?!? WHO HAD A FARM IN 1968?!?

YOU'RE RIGHT FELLAS, IT'S PAUL MCCHARMLY 🗣️🗣️🗣️

I should probably sleep more.

[stinkyfartgirl]

george in india, 1996 🤍

[franklyimissparis]

paul mccartney’s immovable heterosexual object vs john lennon’s unstoppable homosexual force

[reflectismo]

1. They both look outstanding here, it boggles my mind that this was them at their most chaotic.

2. It looks like they both decided to colour-coordinate their outfits for the press conference, which makes them look even more outstanding and chaotic.

3. You see that tie Paul’s wearing? Why did I only just realise that’s the same tie John has wrapped around his head in Strawberry Fields Forever? So they were sharing clothes again? OK. Chaotic.

[m1ssunderstanding]

oooooooooh what does Junk have to do with John???

"Paul McCartney knew he was in trouble the morning he couldn’t lift his head off the pillow. He awoke facedown, his skull feeling like a useless dead weight. Day by day, his condition had been worsening. His sleepless nights were spent shaking with anxiety; his days were characterized by heavy drinking and self-sedation with marijuana. For the first time in his life, he felt utterly worthless. Everything he had been since the age of 15 had been wrapped up in the band. Now, he was 27, and even though he couldn’t tell the world, that period of his life was almost certainly over." -- Man on the Run

“He'd fallen in love, and none of us was stupid enough to say, 'Oh, you shouldn't love her.' We could recognize that, but that didn't diminish the hurt we were feeling by being pushed aside.” -- Paul in Anthology

"Buy, buy"

Says the sign in the shop window

"Why, why?"

Says the junk in the yard

[undying-love]

"The cool waters also tempted John and Paul to take a dip in the river. A few times they quietly slipped off their clothes and waded in completely naked."

-Across the Universe: The Beatles in India, by Ajoy Bose

[muzaktomyears]

photos from Rishikesh by Denis O'Dell, from At the Apple’s Core: The Beatles from the Inside, Denis O'Dell with Bob Neaverson (2002)

[cleopatragirlie]

❀ꗥ～ꗥ❀ 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 ❀ꗥ～ꗥ❀

[heltersk3lter]

The Beatles in India, 1968 (from Pattie Boyd’s Collection & some photos located from the amazing @/beatlesbeyond on TikTok) 📸

I honestly find it hilarious how Ringo brought a whole suitcase of beans because of his allergies. Also, can we talk about how gorgeous Pattie, Cyn, Mo, and Jane are in these???

[buttahpie]

paul: you were a wonderful experience

john: you were…. everything