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Just watched Paul create Get Back on his bass in 5 minutes in front of a yawning sleepy George and Ringo one morning in the studio while waiting for John... A documentary rich with gems like this, framed brilliantly and suspensefully: how in two weeks can they write an entire album, learn the songs well, record them & then play them live -- especially with John always late and nodding out (very likely from heroin)? It was fascinating to see Paul, George and their young engineer fuss and argue over how to structure John's song "Don't Let me Down" while John looks on indifferently. It must have been annoying for John having to try out all these competing ideas for his song, none of which would be used in the end. That segment alone was so revealing about how the Beatle's worked in this period and the band dynamic. Also, the newly restored audio and footage makes it feel like you're in a chair next to them. But watching this also makes me angry: because it's a crime against beatledom that so much of this footage was locked away for over half a century. Many first gen. fans passed away without having got to experience such revealing, intimate footage. Yet for us later fans, this is our Ed Sullivan (as Beatles podcaster Will Hines mentioned). Can't wait to see the next two installments.