Good News In History, August 13
Good News In History, August 13 61 years ago today, The Beatles’ first film A Hard Day’s Night, opened in theaters across America, earning rave reviews and box office success. Described as a “comedic Fantasia with music,” the film was a financial and critical success and was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay. Forty years after its release, TIME Magazine rated it as one of the 100 all-time great films. READ about the film’s impact on cinema… (1964) Official film poster for the movie – Fair Use. One might think a film about the fictional activities of a rock bank wouldn’t amount to very much in the history of film, but A Hard Day’s Night would eventually popularize, according to some critics and film historians, a variety of cinematographical stylings that became commonplace over the proceeding decades. Among these are the contemporary technique of cutting the images to the beat of the music, quick cutting, hand-held cameras, interviews conducted on the run…
