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| Genre | Folk Music - General |
| Format | NTSC, Full Screen, Surround Sound |
| Contributor | Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 3 hours and 28 minutes |
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The two-part film includes never-seen performance footage and interviews with artists and musicians whose lives intertwined with Dylans during that time. For the first time on camera, Dylan talks openly and extensively about this critical period in his career.
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It's virtually impossible to approach No Direction Home without a cluster of fixed ideas. Who doesn't have their own private Dylan? The true excellence of Martin Scorsese's achievement lies in how his documentary shakes us free of our comfortable assumptions. In the process, it plays out on several levels at once, each taking shape as an unfailingly fascinating narrative. There is, of course, the central story of an individual genius staking out his artistic identity. But along with this Bildungsroman come other threads and contexts: most notably, the role of popular culture in postwar America, art's self-reliance versus its social responsibilities, and fans' complicity with the publicity machine in sustaining myths. All of these threads reinforce each other, together weaving the film's intricate texture.
Scorsese's 200-plus-minute focus on Dylan's earliest years allows for a portrayal of unprecedented depth, with multiple angles: a rich composite photo is the result. The main narrative has an epic quality: it moves from Dylan growing up in cold-war Minnesota through Greenwich Village coffeehouses and the Newport Folk Festival, climaxing in the controversial 1966 U.K. tour that crowned a period of unbridled and explosive creativity. In his transition from Robert Allen Zimmerman to Bob Dylan, we observe him concocting his impossible-to-describe, unique combination of the topical with the archaic, like an ancient oracle. Scorsese was able to access previously unseen footage from the Dylan archives, including performances, press conferences, and recording sessions. He also uses interviews with Dylan's friends, ex-friends, and fellow artists, and, intriguingly, with the notoriously reclusive Dylan himself (who looks back to provide glosses on the early years), fusing what could have turned into a tiresome series of digressions and tangents into a powerful whole as enlightening, eccentric, contradictory, and ultimately irreducible as its subject. Some of the deeply personal bits remain unrevealed, but Dylan's preternatural self-assurance acquires a slightly self-deprecating, even comic edge via some of his reflective comments. Alongside the arrogance, we see touching moments of the young artist's reverence for Woody Guthrie and Johnny Cash. Joan Baez, in a poignant confessional mood, comes off well, and the late Allen Ginsberg is so seraphically charming he almost steals the show a few times. A crucial throughline is Dylan's hunger for recognition and ability to shape perceptions so that would be singled out as not just another dime-a-dozen folk singer. It's illuminating--particularly for those familiar with the artist's latter-day aloofness on stage--to see his reactions to audience booing in the wake of his "betrayal" in this fuller context. No Direction Home also makes clear--in a way that wasn't possible in D.A. Pennebaker's iconic Don't Look Back--how Dylan's ability to manipulate his persona always, at its core, protects the urge for expression: Dylan's ultimate mandate, as an artist, is never to be pinned down. As Scorsese masterfully shows, the myth around Dylan only grows bigger the more we discover about him. --Thomas MayDVD features: This two-disc set of Scorsese's full two-part documentary includes treats such as Dylan working on a song at his hotel during the UK tour as well as performing several songs as in concert or on TV.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.4 Ounces
- Item model number : 097360310542
- Media Format : NTSC, Full Screen, Surround Sound
- Run time : 3 hours and 28 minutes
- Release date : September 20, 2005
- Actors : Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified
- Studio : Paramount
- ASIN : B000A0GP4K
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #44,915 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,013 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
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I have been a fan of Dylan's music for quite some time. I recently started to watch some of his performances from his 1966 European tour online. I later found out that those performances where featured in this DVD, So I bought it just for the footage from the 66 tour. I later realized that the footage from Dylan's 1966 tour only makes up a very small fraction of the feature presentation and I am very glad that it does because the rest of the of DVD is a very informative, interesting, and entertaining look at Bob Dylan's career. This Documentary is a must buy any person who wants to learn more about Bob Dylan and his musical career and I think it's so well made that it could easily appeal to any Person that's not a fan of bob Dylan's Music.
The feature presentation of this 2 disc DVD set is a three and a half hour long Documentary about Bob Dylan's career and the things that might have influenced it and the things it might have influenced. It starts off with Dylan's childhood and ends with Dylan's 1966 European tour. The documentary talks about way more than just Dylan's career. It also informs the viewer about Dylan's surrounding during this timeframe. If Dylan is talking about his childhood they will have old footage of his hometown to show you what it was like for him in the 1950s with period music to go along with it or if Dylan is talking about his time in New York, interviews and music will be used to inform you about what it was like to be in New York during time. The documentary is filled with rare photos, film footage, and audio of all kinds that inform , entertain and get the point across in a way that none of the interviews can. You can tell that they really dug deep when finding some of these forms of media. Many people besides Bob Dylan are interviewed and I got to admit Dylan's interviews are the least informative. Even if don't know who Joan Baez or Alan Ginsberg are their interviews will inform you more than and possibly entertain you more than Dylan's.
I can honestly say that I learned more about Dylan from other people's interviews, which I find interesting. What really makes this a great Documentary the way that everything connects and builds upon on each other. This is also the reason that I would recommend this DVD to non-Dylan fans. By doing this Director Martin Scorsese does a great job of informing the viewer while entertaining him as well. It's hard for me to explain but everything in this Presentation just fits together so well that it really keeps the viewer's attention. Nothing seems out of place or unnecessary. They might show you footage of the Million man march, a still picture of Dylan, a song from an artist of the time period, and then an interview of Bob Dylan's manger within five minutes of each other and you will be able to make connections. Dylan might say something about one of his songs, then another person does the same, and then that song is played. Things like this sound simple but when you see it happen during the documentary it teaches you something about Dylan, the time period ,or a certain event. Another thing that I really liked was the way that the interviews built upon each other with. For example Dylan might say something weird and shy away from the subject and then another person's interview would tell you what Dylan was trying not to talk about. This really amused me. Quite a bit of the Footage from Dylan's 1966 is used to begin, end, or transition between certain parts of this otherwise linear documentary. When this is done it usually contradicts whatever came before it or after it. For example a certain section might be about Dylan being praised and idolized at a particular time and then the footage from 66 comes after showing Dylan being booed and threatened by fans. It Needless to say when the Footage from 1966 is used in this way, it will want to make you keep watching just to see what caused such a change. If you're looking for a DVD filled with music you might be disappointed because while the feature pretention does included dozens of Dylan's song their all only snippets. Music is only a portion of what makes this Documentary entertaining, so there is not one song that is herd in its entirety. This Documentary uses music as more of a teaching tool than a means of entertainment which is way other artist's music also play a big part in this documentary. The only other thing that I could say about the Feature presentation of this two disc DVD set is that for what it is it is pretty much perfect for what it's trying to be. It will inform you about Bob Dylan's career and the time period while keeping you entertained. The only negative thing I can say is that I can see this documentary might be boring to some people because it is long and in certain sections it does get dry. This is not a problem for Dylan fans.
Now to talk about the other stuff. The box that the two DVDs come is a standard DVD case with a very unique and interesting picture on the front of Bob Dylan. Half of the main feature is on one disc while the other half is on the other. Of course things like subtitles and scene selection are included. The main menu annoyed me a little because one of the choices listed is "Dylan performances", buts these performances are really just the snippets taken from the Documentary, so like in the main feature their not showed in their entirety. I was really happy when I found out that there is full length Dylan Performances in the Special features in disc two. There are only about 10 but there all rare and very good. The main reason I bought this DVD is for one of Bob Dylan's performances of Like Rolling Stone during his 1966 tour and it was part of the list of full performances. To be honest if this DVD had nothing but the 10 full length Dylan Performances and the Footage from the 1966 tour I would have bought it, but that would be unfair to non Dylan fans. To be honest again, I have not checked out any of their other extras, ever since I found the list of full performances. I think they had people covering Dylan's music and stuff like that, but who cares the main reason I still pop in the DVD is to watch the full performances.
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Main Feature
5/5 if you want a documentary that will teach you about Dylan's career than this is the perfect product or if you just want to see an entertaining documentary than this is the perfect product. It is a little boring at times but like Bob Dylan's career it will change and keep you entertained with new material.
The DVDs
5/5
Menus and Discs fit the style of the Main feature very well. Could have used way more FULL Dylan performances in the special features, I am a Dylan Fan after all, but these DVDS are meant to inform and entertain through multiple forms of media and the fact that they included quit a few FULL Dylan performances is just Icings n the cake.
You might not like this product if
* You're not a Dylan or Documentary fan. YOU WILL BE BORED
* Expect this to be a plethora of Bob Dylan music and performances. As I said before Music is only a portion of what makes this Documentary entertaining. If you want full length Dylan Performances comment and I will give you a Recommendation.
-Bob Dylan
"I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world."
-Bob Dylan
Throughout Martin Scorsese's two-hundred minute documentary we get to see Bob Dylan squirm under a barage of journalist questions. Several times he just asks the questions right back at them, and at one point starts snapping pictures of the photographers themselves. Dylan is portrayed as a chameleon, refusing to be a spokesman for the left or put on a pedestal by the folk movement. The closer Scorsese gets to his subject the blurrier he becomes.
The story of Dylan is framed nicely within the turbulent times his music came about. When pictures of Dylan's sleepy Midwest town is flashed across the screen it's apparent that the straight laced conformity was indicative of the nation as a whole.
No sooner are we are introduced to the restless kid who enrolled in college but never went to any classes, then we see him skirt to New York where he is rumoured to have followed in the footsteps of the old bluesmen, and sells his soul to the devil. Shortly after, his mediocre playing is transformed into confident musicianship.
During the times Dylan is in New York you can almost feel the pressure that was building in America. This is also the time where he probably gained a political consciousness that he would later accept or deny depending on how he felt, or maybe on who was asking.
The majority of the concert footage contains booing and heckling from the crowd. I had always heard about the controversy concerning Dylan "plugging in," but it is something else to actually witness it.
This documentary has a long running time, but it never dragged. I was constanty intrigued, and always engaged. No Direction Home is richly layered and deals with a lot more than just Bob Dylan -- I'm sure I don't understand half of it. Scorsese show us a scene of Andy Warhol and Dylan right before he cuts to some British fans deriding the new Dylan music as "pop." As is the case with any Scorsese movie, it is about a lot more than what's up on the screen. In some way No Direction Home is about the changing art of the sixties. It was this decade that modernism started to visibly give way to the post-modern movement, and that's represented here as Dylan claims his music is a collage of influences.
The relation between Dylan and his music also intrigued me. The Beats and many of these folk musicians viewed art as a truthful unveiling. Much of this film will have you wondering if Dylan's music concealed as much as it revealed. The idea of an artistic "Truth" is chipped away at, and instead Dylan lets little "truths" slip out of his art. There is an act going on whenever Dylan writes a song, and especially when he performs a song. At times it is almost as if he is creating a personality out of bits of images and sounds he finds in the world, and then puts them together to create something fresh.
The film manages to deal with multiple themes without losing sight of its subject. In fact, it is precisely because the film deals with so much that it didn't lose my interest despite its length. Scorsese has shown us one of America's great artist, and in the process proves that he also belongs in that category.
This movie follows his career from the start as a youth and ending with possibly his last concert on the European tour, a concert showcasing the cathartic electric music we know and love, but which was his last tour for 8-years after the motorcycle crash which would be the marker until his next musical phase.
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El film No Direction Home es esencial por los amantes del rock.
ウディ・ガスリー、ストレートな歌詞、フォークからロック、ブーイングにも負けず、カッコよかったです。
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