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Glass Onions: The Beatles on Film

5 weekly sessions on campus, on Tuesdays at 11am-1pm, starting from Tuesday 28 April

Overview

Chronicling the history of the ‘Fab Four’ on film from their first raucous cinematic outings in Richard Lester’s “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964) and “Help!” (1965), through Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” (2021), this unique course seeks to cover the celluloid Beatles like never before. A potent mixture of feature, art, short film, documentary and animation featuring John, Paul, George and Ringo (and Pete, and Stu), the course provides deep-cut insight and analysis as to the continuing influence of the best-selling rock band in the history of popular music.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction, A Hard Days Night/Help,
  2. Magical Mystery Tour/Yellow Submarine/Let It Be
  3. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/I Wanna Hold Your Hand/Beatlemania
  4. Backbeat/Anthology/Across the Universe
  5. Nowhere Boy/Eight Days a Week/Get Back – Conclusion

Course lecturer

Dr. Lee R. Kendall was born in Liverpool in 1974 and earned his BA (Hons) in History of Art at University of Leicester in 1997 before going on to complete a PhD in the same subject at Liverpool John Moores University in 2006. An independent art historian with a particular interest in all things Liverpool related, his publications include “Being for the Benefit of… Beatles Art in Liverpool” (2012). He has been part of the front of house team at Tate Gallery, Liverpool since 2009 and has lectured for the University of Liverpool's CE Department since 2019.

Course fee

  • Standard fee: £80
  • Concession fee: £40.