[Commlist] New book - The Beatles and Film

New publication - */The Beatles and Film: From Youth Culture to 
Counterculture /*by Stephen Glynn.


The book is included in the Cinema and Youth Cultures series from Routledge.

Book Description:

This concise yet comprehensive study explores the emblematic journey by 
four young men from Liverpool from the epicentre of teen-led youth 
culture to the experimentation of the counterculture and beyond.

Beginning with the celebration of Britain’s own ‘youthquake’ in the 
joyous and genre-shifting /A Hard Day’s Night/ (1964), the author delves 
into how the Beatles’ film work allows us to chart their subsequent 
musical maturation and retreat from the tribulations of stardom in 
/Help!/, their tentative attempts at improvised filming in the televised 
/Magical Mystery Tour/ (1967), their acceptance of cartoon 
representations as leaders of the hippie counterculture in /Yellow 
Submarine/ (1968), and the final implosion of their musical dynamic in 
the recording studios of /Let It Be/ (1970). The book analyses how, as 
they grew with their fanbase, the Beatles’ films alternate stylistically 
between mimetic representation and allegorical interpretation, and 
switch narratively between fan-filled and welcoming worlds, to films 
relaying introspection and isolation.

Offering an in-depth case study of the successes and failures of British 
youth culture in a volatile decade, /The Beatles and Film/ is an 
engaging text for both scholars and general readers alike.

Further details are available at the Routledge website:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Beatles-and-Film-From-Youth-Culture-to-Counterculture/Glynn/p/book/9780367225278 
<https://www.routledge.com/The-Beatles-and-Film-From-Youth-Culture-to-Counterculture/Glynn/p/book/9780367225278>


While perhaps stretching a point to recommend the book as that perfect 
Christmas gift for the Beatles-loving academic in your life, it should 
be relevant to module reading lists not only in Film Studies, but also 
Popular Music, History, Sociology, Television, Media and Cultural Studies.

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