Salon.com > George Harrison: Living in the Material World http://www.salon.com Wed, 30 May 2012 06:12:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 George Harrison’s inner light http://www.salon.com/2011/10/05/living_in_the_material_world_martin_scorsese_george_harrison/ http://www.salon.com/2011/10/05/living_in_the_material_world_martin_scorsese_george_harrison/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:06:00 +0000 Who is your favorite Beatle? If you prize humility, generosity and gratitude -- or if you're a kid who loves the sound of his funny name --you might answer Ringo Starr. Otherwise it's probably a two-way race between Paul McCartney, who stands for sentimentality, old-school musical craft and ceaseless productivity, or John Lennon, whose name still epitomizes rebellion, sarcasm, soulfulness and martyrdom. I've rarely heard anyone answer "George Harrison," and Martin Scorsese's two-part HBO documentary "Living in the Material World" (Oct. 5 and 6, 9 p.m. Eastern, 8 Central) incidentally suggests the reasons why. Harrison was the most studious, elusive and impenetrable Beatle. And as he got older, he became increasingly uninterested in celebrity except as a vehicle that could expose him to new experiences, and bring him into contact with artists and thinkers from whom he could learn something.

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