“Concert for George” basically goes along with the categorization of Harrison. Sure, it could be said that George Leland, who directed the film, had no choice. The Concert for George was held on Nov. 29, 2002 — a year to the day after the one-time Beatle died of lung cancer — so Harrison wasn't around to add his voice to the collection of talent that assembled at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Still, “Concert for George” — which gets a free screening on Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Wheeler Opera House — goes a long way to memorialize Harrison as a sedate figure. The concert, at least as it was captured on film, features no moving footage of Harrison — no clips of him making music or clowning around in his Beatle days; no home movies of him as a family man; no video of him in a poignant moment. In fact, it occurs to me that not once in the two-plus hour movie do we actually hear Harrison's voice, either speaking or singing. Quiet, indeed. Instead, there is an enormous
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