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02 March, 1964 - The Band Begin Filming A Hard Day's Night
#OTD in 1964, shooting for A Hard Day's Night began in London.
The band are filmed on board a train leaving Paddington Station and then jumping off at Acton, racing off in a limousine.
A Hard Day's Night has been praised as a benchmark for music film production, and remains influential to this day. Director Dick Lester used a documentary style of filming to capture the claustrophobia of Beatlemania, and writer Alun Owen delivered a script which epitomised the quick-witted humour of the band. Comedy and music are combined to make this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964.
Alun (screenwriter) picked up a lot of little things about us. Things like: ‘He is late but he is very clean, isn’t he?’ Little jokes, the sarcasm, the humour, John’s wit, Ringo’s laconic manner; each of our different ways. The film manages to capture our characters quite well.
Paul
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