May 13, 1970 –
The Beatles‘ final movie, Let It Be, received its U.S. opening, in New York City theaters on this date.
John Lennon believed that Michael Lindsay-Hogg deliberately avoided including shots of him and Yoko Ono in favor of more shots of Paul McCartney. Lennon said he felt that “the camera work was set up to show Paul and not to show anybody else” and that “the people that cut it, cut it as ‘Paul is God’ and we’re just lyin’ around …” Ringo Starr also complained that most of the “clowning” he performed at the director’s behest was never used. (Please seek out the Peter Jackson documentary, The Beatles: Get Back.)
The Haus of Dcaligari 