Episode #25 – ‘Help! - The Beatles’ Seminal Pop/Pot Movie’

<p>The Fab Four’s second film, shot in vivid colour, captured a very different group demeanor to that in A Hard Day’s Night. For that first effort they’d been pumped up on pills; this time around, they were laid back on the “herbal jazz cigarettes”. And director Dick Lester, together with cinematographer David Watkin, conveyed the blissed-out vibe via stunning photography, innovative graphics and offbeat comedy.</p> <p>The result, at the time widely regarded as inferior to its predecessor, is now acclaimed as a pop-art gem that, very much of its time, also helped to define its era while serving as a wide-ranging source of influence and inspiration.</p> <p>Towering above all, of course, were those personalities and their music…</p> <ul> <li>‘Help!’</li> <li>‘The Night Before’</li> <li>‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’</li> <li>‘I Need You’</li> <li>‘Another Girl’</li> <li>‘You’re Going to Lose That Girl’</li> <li>‘Ticket to Ride’</li> <li>Selections from Ken Thorne’s orchestral score</li> </ul>