There are scarcely more pop cultural figures that have been documented and analyzed the way that the Beatles have. In a way, this is good, because this is the rare case of a pop culture entity's story having a satisfying beginning, middle, end and epilogue. The Beatles were famous and creating music together for seven short years, and in that time, they not only exploded the pop music landscape, they created a shorthand for describing other creative duos for years to come.

As a younger person listening to oldies radio, you hear a mish-mash of Beatles songs, and all you have in your head is an assembly of songs that were somehow all successful, but you lose the big picture of what the Beatles were doing. After a few albums that built off of the pop music that was thriving at the time, the Beatles came out with Rubber Soul, a document of experimentation that portended expansions to come. Revolver finished the sentence that Rubber Soul started, and sparked the immense conversation that the Beatles would continue with The White Album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road.

Revolver served as a developmentally valuable pit stop on the road to the Beatles reinventing how pop music was made. It was on Revolver that the Beatles released "Tomorrow Never Knows," which was one of the many tracks on the album that catapulted the Beatles and pop itself into a new paradigm. Released in 1966, Revolver just surpassed its 50th anniversary, though its influence cannot be overstated. This was the moment when the Beatles went balls-to-the-wall in terms of exploring every inch of the studio, accessing chamber pop, in-your-face psychedelia, R&B, and various complications of pop structure.

Experimentation was the order of the day; it's worth noting that the previous release, Rubber Soul, ended with "Run for Your Life," a nasty ditty that used early Beatles sounds, and that Revolver ended with "Tomorrow Never Knows," which broke new ground and hinted at new ground to cover.

Few people have spent more time thinking about the Beatles than Scott Freiman, a composer and producer who has started a lecturing series breaking down individual Beatles albums. Titled Deconstructing the Beatles, this lecturing series examines Beatles albums on a granular level, taking a minute look at the construction of these classic pieces of music. Freiman's latest look is aimed at Revolver, which warrants a close perusal: this was the album where the Beatles shed their populist clothes and started making music that pushed the boundaries of mainstream rock.

Thursday, April 6, finds the Grand Cinema airing the filming of Freiman's Deconstructing the Beatles' Revolver, which should provide helpful insight into an album that is frequently praised, but which gets lost in the glut of important Beatles albums. For Beatles aficionados, this will serve as another piece to an ever-growing puzzle. For Beatles neophytes, this will serve as an induction into a world of music and culture that can take a lifetime to explore.

Deconstructing the Beatles' Revolver, 1:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 6, The Grand Cinema, 606 S. Fawcett St., Tacoma, 253.593.4474, grandcinema.com