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Bob Dylan,
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D.A. Pennebaker,
D.A. Pennebaker
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: Docurama
: Documentary, Music, Political & Social Issues, Documentary, Music
: 96 min.
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In 1965, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker accompanied Bob Dylan to England to make a film about the singer/songwriter's British tour. At the time, no one could have known how fortuitous Pennebaker's timing would prove to be. Within a few months of this tour, Dylan would forsake his role as The Conscience of Folk Music to pick up a Fender Stratocaster and play rock and roll. Within a year, Dylan would suffer a motorcycle accident that would put him out of commission for nearly 18 months. Recording several brilliant solo performances and capturing a wealth of fly-on-the-wall footage of Dylan's interactions with friends and strangers, Pennebaker caught Dylan on the cusp of a radical career change, and the man in this film seems to be thrashing about in his shackles, looking for some sort of escape route. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by brakhage
January 23, 2006 - 3:33 PM PST
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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I'm coming late to the game, since I've been a Dylan fan for years and only now am getting around to seeing the film.
In the age of reality TV and countless cinema verite documentaries, Don't Look Back still stands out in its shocking candor. To me it's fascinating and at the same time cringeworthy: fascinating because it captures a major artist and cultural force in transition between one moment of brilliance to another, and cringeworthy since as the film progresses we see Dylan become by turns bemused, frustrated, and overwhelmed by clinging would-be pals and clueless journos covering the latest youth fad. I've always thought the process of becoming famous would be hellish, and now I have confirmation.
If watching grainy hand-held footage of Dylan trying to deal with the pressures of fame turns you on, by all means seek out Eat the Document, from the 1966 tour, featuring John Lennon directing withering scorn at a stoned and nauseous Dylan. |
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