The Beatles, Get Back, captures the tumultuous process of writing and recording some of the

band's best known songs.

Director Peter Jackson took nearly 60 hours of unseen film and more than 150 hours of

unheard audio and whittled it all down to a still mammoth three-part docuseries.

I'm Stephen Thompson and today we are talking about the Beatles Get Back on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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Joining me today is NPR Music and Powers.

Welcome back Anne.

Hello Stephen.

It's great to have you also joining us is NPR TV critic Eric DeGens.

Hey Eric.

Thanks for having me.

Oh my gosh, it's a joy.

I'm so glad we're getting to talk about this.

So the Beatles Get Back is the second documentary to capture the process of making much of what

would eventually become the album Let It Be.

The first is Michael Lindsay Hoggs 1970 film Let It Be.

That movie showed the Beatles essentially falling apart amid internal tensions and the

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