Hard Day's Night vs Beatles first U.S. Visit

In class, we watched both the documentary of the Beatles first U.S tour and the scripted "Hard Day's Night". I really enjoyed both of them, but I think Hard Day's Night was my favorite. I really liked how they had the songs incorporated with the movie, because it gave both a better feel to it, but also it was really cool to think of how the Beatles WERE their own soundtrack. To me, the fact that the movie was in black and white didn't really affect the movie as a whole, because for me it was more about the music and the verbal jokes rather than the crisp graphics. I thought that what they showed in the movie looked like what the Beatles did was so much fun and such a blast, and they looked like they were living their dream and being young men at the same time. One thing that did kind of leave me with some questions though, was comparing the attitudes of the band to what was in Hard Days Night. As any director should, the director in Hard Days Night showed the band off to be as extraordinary as possible, and to look like some good old rock boys who were fun and spunky. However, in the documentary, it showed a little more of the bad side of life of this world-wide band. It showed them constantly traveling and going to meetings, and although they tried to conceal it, sometimes you could see them seeming tired and fed up with the incredible lifestyle. I am in no way saying that they didn't like their job, but it does kind of raise some questions on what their life was like behind the curtains.