Filmmaker Peter Jackson says the 57 hours of footage he used to create the film shows Yoko Ono as a « benign » presence.
For more than 50 years Beatles fans and historians have wondered what caused the world’s most famous band to break up. A documentary, produced and directed by Peter Jackson, may cast doubt on one of the more popular narratives regarding Fab Four’s split – the role of Yoko Ono. While sifting through 57 hours of footage shot in January 1969, Jackson said he came to see Ono’s presence around the band as « benign », doubting the influence she had over the Beatles’ breakup.
