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Disappointed in ONE aspect of the film

posted 12 years ago by moviegurl16
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As a hardcore Beatles fan with my favorite being George (Because I'm called quiet too), I thought the film was good, some things I knew already, some things I didn't know, but the One thing I looked forward to seeing and which I did not get was how George met Olivia. How did they meet? Was it love at first sight? When was it that point that they decided to be together for the rest of their lives?
Beatle fans know the legend of How Paul Met Linda (as seen on wingspan told by paul and linda), love at first sight at the bag of nails club while procol harum played in the background. We know how John met Yoko (as seen on Imagine told by John and Yoko) He went to her art gallery and climbed the stairs to see "yes" written on the wall with the help of a magnifying glass.

I wanted to hear Olivia say how they met, the sparks, everything. All we got were vague statements. The only part when she was direct was the attack that happened.

So yeah, disappointed but overall, the film was good.

[–] persen1 12 years ago

The documentary is not ment to be a sell out of a celebrities private life.
I think its ok if Olivia wants to keep some of her and George's life as a privacy matter.

[–] imontoyou 12 years ago

George talks about meeting Olivia in his autobiography, I Me Mine. Basically, she was working as a receptionist at Dark Horse, his record company, and he "fell for her instantly." Her family is from Mexico and she attended Hawthorne High in south Los Angeles.

[–] Rupert__Pupkin 12 years ago

He fell for her? Ha ha. He thought she was hot.

[–] jennifer-milligan 8 years ago

Hi

There is footage from the 'Dark Horse' tour of 1974 just after George and Olivia met which is used in the film to show the beginning of George and Olivia's life together (which I love!). Olivia has spoken a bit about how she met George in a couple of interviews as did George most notably in his Rolling Stone interview of 1979. Olivia also spoke about meting George for the first time to Mojo Magazine in November 2014

Obviously George's life in 1974 was not in the best place but meeting Olivia helped him turn it around (as he said in 1979 interview)