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A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night

Ahmed, Samira

Paperback

Series: BFI Film Classics

FilmmakingFilm Guides & ReferencePop/Rock

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 1839029390
ISBN13: 9781839029394
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: Jun 11 2026
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.41 Depth: 7.46
Language: English

How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic?
With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles' first film changed both the band themselves and pop music's relationship with the screen.

In a vivid and personal exploration, she shows how this black-and-white gem, shot in a documentary style and brimming with youthful energy, captured Britain at a moment of social transformation, with a portrayal of celebrity, camaraderie and media frenzy that still resonates today. Drawing on her own experience of first discovering the film as a child and going on to work in the television industry, Ahmed shines a spotlight on the craft behind its enduring appeal. With insights from members of the cast and crew, including her own new interviews, Ahmed highlights A Hard Day's Night's class and sexual politics, and adds a delightfully original analysis of the women in the film.

In these pages you will be transported to a time when four young men from Liverpool, via the mass medium of television, changed the way Britain saw itself and the way the world saw Britain, revealing how, and why, A Hard Day's Night has become a landmark of modern cinema.

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