Lee traces Dylan’s celluloid obsession from teenage adulation of James Dean through groundbreaking documentaries like Don’t Look Back and his enigmatic appearance in Peckinpah’s Pat Garratt and Billy The Kid, on to Dylan’s surreal dramatic directorial debut, Renaldo and Clara, and his starring role in mainstream Hollywood vehicle, Hearts of Fire. Lee also analyses Dylan’s major TV and video appearances.
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Gee, how many Bob Dylan films could there be? The obvious ones are Don't Look Back, one of the first and still one of the best rockumentaries; Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid , a Sam Peckinpah oater, of sorts; and Renaldo and Clara, which rivals Frank Zappa's 200 Motels as either an idiosyncratic exercise in inaccessibility or a masterwork of surpassing genius. Each gets its chapter from Lee, who also examines Dylan in visual media generally, noting his cameo roles, videos, and appearances at award shows. Gospel Bob can be pretty inaccessible in any medium, of course, making him a wonderful subject for critical analysis. He's unlikely to say or do anything forthright enough to deflate a critical construct, especially one as friendly as Lee's. In closing, Lee proclaims that Don't Look Back director D. A. Pennebaker's statement that Dylan intends to "make the longest film that's ever been made" is brilliant. Come again? Worth a look, anyway, especially for fans. Mike Tribby
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This book covers the film work of Bob Dylan with scholarly rigor but goes on to present the subject matter in a lively, readable style that is most enjoyable. The author obviously studied much, much footage but managed to make sense of even Renaldo and Clara.I was drawn to this book after watching Pennebacker's pioneering 1960s film "Don't Look Back" but the author tied that work into the long meandering film journey that Dylan would eventually undertake. This is a fascinating and worthwhile book for film studies students and for those studying popular culture in general. The book continues the work started in the author's first Dylan study. This one is an even better read!
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One evening in 1956 the three members of a junior high school band called The Golden Chords came out of the Lybba Cinema in Hibbing, Minnesota. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bob Dylan, Eat The Document, New York, Dont Look Back, Pat Garrett, Hearts of Fire, Rolling Thunder, Howard Alk, Joan Baez, Albert Grossman, Rolling Stone, Hard Rain, Bobby Neuwirth, Bill Graham, Los Angeles, Robbie Robertson, Billy Parker, Sam Peckinpah, Allen Ginsberg, Direct Cinema, High Sheriff's Lady, James Colt, Johnny Cash, Richard Marquand, San Francisco New!
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One evening in 1956 the three members of a junior high school band called The Golden Chords came out of the Lybba Cinema in Hibbing, Minnesota. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bob Dylan, Eat The Document, New York, Dont Look Back, Pat Garrett, Hearts of Fire, Rolling Thunder, Howard Alk, Joan Baez, Albert Grossman, Rolling Stone, Hard Rain, Bobby Neuwirth, Bill Graham, Los Angeles, Robbie Robertson, Billy Parker, Sam Peckinpah, Allen Ginsberg, Direct Cinema, High Sheriff's Lady, James Colt, Johnny Cash, Richard Marquand, San Francisco New!
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- Rolling Thunder Logbook by Sam Shepard on 4 pages
- And a Voice to Sing with: My Story by Joan Baez on page 103, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid by Pat Garrett on page 58, page 63, and Back Matter
- Rolling Thunder by J. P. Smith on page 83, page 86, and page 178
- The Life of Billy the Kid by Pat Garrett on page 58, page 63, and Back Matter
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- Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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