Martin Scorsese
Living In The Material World

"All alone in my personal world

 I don't care about this world

 Only you can open my eyes wide

 It's true, I live for you"

                                    I Live For You

The seemingly irreconcilable dichotomy between the spiritual life and that of the flesh, paraphrasing a famous line from one of his songs "living in the material world". This was the earthly existence of George Harrison, the boy who in his life wanted to be "many things", always changing to maintain balance. Martin Scorsese presents him in this documentary film where those who lived part or all of their lives with him tell us about George—friends, relatives, musicians, humans from the most diverse fields of culture and society because Harrison loved to surround himself with people who knew more than him on any subject so as to always be learning. This beautiful figure of the 20th-century music world was truly many different individuals, a great guitarist, the father of benefit events in rock, the godfather of world music, a successful film producer. Telling a whole life in just over three hours is difficult, so what Scorsese wants is to provide an indication of who George Harrison was, jumping between his many interests where music plays an important but not absolute role. He uses the testimonies of his brothers, friends Paul, Ringo, and Eric Clapton, the loves of a lifetime Patty and Olivia, and his son Dhani who believed his father's real job was that of a gardener. A flow of memories and anecdotes well stitched together with historical images from both the Beatles and solo periods, private films shot in his Friar Park retreat with its immense garden where shadows and lights marked a search for perfect harmony. 

Awaiting a new series of George Harrison publications, there is talk of a box set encompassing the production from the Apple period, this documentary is the best way to approach his figure and to understand more of the countless facets of a free spirit who, with his music, wanted to communicate to the world that life must be lived in all its forms and that in its duration, we must seek to achieve balance.