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DVD Reviews
As a Beatles fan, I love this. I thought it
would be boring because it's a lecture, but it's not too dry
at all. It's very interesting. The host, Scott Freiman, uses
photos, videos, interviews and music to keep it compelling.
Basically, the series examines 4 of the
Beatles albums: Revolver, Rubber Soul, The White Album and
Sgt. Pepper's. Freiman talks about the development and
recording of each album, and where it fits in Beatles
history, and a lot more.
If you're a Beatles fan, you should
definitely love this. It would also make a good gift
for any into rock music or The Beatles. Check it out!
MORE INFORMATION:
DECONSTRUCTING THE BEATLES
FOUR-PART THEATRICAL
DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES
Available On DVD on October 3, 2017
New York, NY
– September 07, 2017 – CultureSonar, Jacob
Burns Film Center and Abramorama
announced today that they will release the four-
part documentary series
Deconstructing The Beatles
on DVD, download and streaming on
October 3, 2017. Created by musicologist
Scott Freiman, shown across the US and Canada in
hundreds of theaters to many thousands of people,
the Deconstructing The
Beatles DVD special features include audience
Q&As, an interviews with New York Times
critic Janet Maslin and Scott
Freiman, and five short “mini- deconstruction”
videos on “A Day in the Life,” “Penny Lane,” “Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds,” “P.S. I Love You” and
Revolver. The films will be available
exclusively through CultureSonar (https://shop.CultureSonar.com),
a partner in the project. Pre-orders will be
available in September.
CultureSonar, a digital media company whose blog has
gathered an audience devoted to music and the arts,
will coordinate the release. CultureSonar founder
Al Cattabiani is a veteran of the
distribution business, having, among other things,
built and sold Wellspring Media, a successful
arthouse-film label. Al added, “Scott, Abramorama,
the Jacob Burns Film Center and CultureSonar can all
reach complementary, interested audiences in several
ways. We’ll focus first on connecting with these
fans directly. Being in the market in time for
holiday gift-giving, for example, is a great way to
start.”
Scott Freiman, creator and
presenter, explained the release strategy: “Over the
past few years, our team has developed a passionate,
engaged, loyal audience. Our fans enjoyed the films
in theatres, and have literally been urging us to
release them on DVD. We’re eager to satisfy this
pent-up demand – and have built the tools to do it
ourselves.”
PART 1:
DECONSTRUCTING THE
WHITE ALBUM
The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) was not only the
band’s best-selling album, it was the best-selling
album of the entire 1960’s. Now you can experience
this remarkable record as never before. In
Deconstructing The Beatles’
White Album, a multimedia lecture,
“Beatleologist” Scott Freiman gets under the hood of
this groundbreaking album and shows us what made it
run so well.
PART 2: DECONSTRUCTING
SGT. PEPPER
In August, 1966, the Beatles played their nal
concert (at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park). They
had decided to stop touring – and no one knew how to
be a band without playing gigs. After that last
show, George Harrison said, “Well, I guess I’m not a
Beatle anymore.” Of course, we now know they more
than met the challenge, producing one of rock’s
greatest albums, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band.
PART 3: DECONSTRUCTING
REVOLVER
The Beatles’ 1966
masterpiece, Revolver, saw the band
expanding its musical horizons by using the studio
as another instrument. Along with Rubber Soul,
this marks an exceptionally fruitful period, as the
band transitioned from the playful Mop Tops to
psychedelic musical adventurers.
PART4:
DECONSTRUCTING
RUBBER SOUL
In October 1965, The Beatles were faced with an
impossible task — produce a new album of original
music for a Christmas release. Within one month, The
Beatles had emerged with what many consider to be
one of their greatest albums— Rubber Soul.
They even had time to create a double A-side single,
“We Can Work It Out” backed by “Day Tripper.” Both
sides of the single, as well as the album, hit
number one on the charts.
For more
information visit:
www.DeconstructingTheBeatles.com
About Scott
Freiman
Scott Freiman may be the only
person to have sold out Carnegie Hall and been a
Finalist for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the
Year. He is an internationally recognized expert
and lecturer on the music of the Beatles and has
presented his lectures to sold-out audiences at
theaters nationwide. Mr. Freiman has spoken about
the Beatles at colleges, universities, and
corporations, such as Pixar, Google, and Facebook.
In the Fall of 2012, Mr. Freiman taught a semester
course on “The Beatles In The Studio” at Yale
University. Mr. Freiman’s insights into the music
of the Beatles can be found in the book All the
Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release
published in October 2013 by Black Dog and
Leventhal.
Mr. Freiman is the co-founder and CEO
of Qwire Inc., a technology company that provides
collaborative tools for everyone who works with
music to picture. He has also acted as sound
editor, mixer, and composer on over ten films and
documentary series, including the Emmy®-award
winning eleven-part BBC/Discovery series Life.
Mr. Freiman’s studio, Second Act Studio, was
designed by renowned studio architect, John Storyk.
Second Act Studio played host to a wide range of
musicians -- from children to Grammy winners, such
as bassist John Patitucci and the Tokyo String
Quartet. Mr. Freiman also produced, arranged, and
played keyboards for many artists and served as
producer on recordings recorded and mixed at Second
Act. Mr. Freiman holds a B.S. in Computer Science
and Music from Yale University and a Masters of
Music Composition from New York University.
About
CultureSonar
CultureSonar is a digital
media company focused on the music and the arts. Its
blog reaches over 2 million people each month on
Facebook, the web, Twitter, Instagram and several
other platforms. Its audience is experienced, yet
still eager to discover new things – and it
absolutely loves The Beatles. For more information
visit
www.culturesonar.com
About Jacob
Burn Film Center
Jacob Burns Film Center
(JBFC) is a nonprofit arts and education hub located
on a three-building campus in the New York Metro
area. The JBFC brings the transformative power of
film to the surrounding community through unique
programming and discussion, shared experiences, and
educational initiatives. Since opening in 2001, over
3,000,000 people have enjoyed the best of current
American and foreign cinema, unique film series, and
special events at the five-screen theater complex. A
pioneer in visual literacy education, the JBFC
offers courses in filmmaking, screenwriting, and
animation for students of all ages at our
state-of-the-art Media Arts Lab and develops
curriculums for public schools throughout the
region. For more information visit
www.burnsfilmcenter.org.
About
Abramorama
Abramorama is the preeminent
theatrical distributor of music films today. Over
the course of more than 15 years, Abramorama has
successfully distributed and marketed hundreds of
films, including Ron Howard’s Grammy Award®-winning
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring
Years; Amir Bar-Lev's Long Strange Trip –
The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead; Corbett
Redford and Green Day’s Turn It Around: The
Story of East Bay Punk, John Scheinfeld’s
Chasing Trane –The John Coltrane Documentary;
Neil Young’s Greendale; Cameron Crowe’s
Pearl Jam Twenty; Sacha Gervasi’s Anvil!
The Story Of Anvil; Laurie Anderson’s
astonishing New York Times critics’ pick, Heart
of a Dog; and Banksy’s Academy Award® nominated
Exit Through the Gift Shop. For more
information visit
www.abramorama.com
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