A discussion with Beatles ’64 producer Margaret Bodde and director David Tedeschi

BY KEN SHARP

Sixty years after The Beatles landed on U.S. shores for the first time in February 1964, their seismic impact on American culture remains unequalled. Beatles ’64, a new documentary, charts the first flush of Beatlemania in America. Drawing heavily from newly restored remarkable verite footage shot by renowned filmmakers Albert and David Maysles alongside newly restored footage discoveries and significantly improved audio, thanks to proprietary cutting-edge MAL de-mixing technology, the documentary offers an exciting bird’s-eye view when four lads from Liverpool — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — took over America. Producer Margaret Bodde and director David Tedeschi take us behind the curtain. GOLDMINE: You both were familiar with The Beatles’ launch in America. What were the things that you learned while working on the project…

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Goldmine (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2024

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