Beatlemania

Viewing: Richard Lester, A Hard Day’s Night, available via: Bob. (You may need to return to this page and click the link a second time after logging in.)

Writing: Respond to ONE of the following prompts. Keep your response short, posting as a reply under the appropriate heading in the comments section:

1. How does this movie present the Beatles in relation to their fans? To put it another way, what does it say about the experience of celebrity?
2. How does this movie present the Beatles in relation to authority? To put it another way, what does it say about the “generation gap” between youth and responsible adulthood?