Magical Mystery Tour Revisited (2012)

Songs you’ll never forget, the film you’ve never seen, and a story that’s never been heard. In 1967, in the wake of the extraordinary impact of Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles made a film – a dreamlike story of a coach daytrip, a magical mystery tour. It was seen by a third of the nation, at 8.35pm on BBC One on Boxing Day - an expectant public, hoping for some light entertainment for a family audience.Magical Mystery Tour was greeted with outrage and derision by middle England and the establishment media. “How dare they?”, they cried – “They’re not film directors, who do they think they are?” they howled. Where were the four lovable moptops of Help! and A Hard Day’s Night?What propelled The Beatles to make this surreal, startling and – at the time – utterly misunderstood film? Contributors include Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Fonda, Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, Paul Merton and Neil Innes. 虽然这部圣诞电影实在有些不知所云，但所幸同名专辑里的收录歌曲质量还是一如既往的高。影片最后Ringo看着屏幕里四个人年轻时跳过的傻气舞步，不知这欢笑的背后是否也有对亡友们的无限怀念Paul的实验性MV，十分混乱，思想着《菊次郎的夏天》是不是有里面的影子呢？