just randomly hit this trailer on YouTubeā¦ it looks like it does not have release date yet, but I feel really excited for this movie. That atmosphere feels awesome to me. Anyone else plan to go to cinema to watch A Complete Unknown? It should be about Bob Dylans beginning.
Guy on YouTube said its from director who made Walk the line - about Johny Cash. Gonna watch it this weekend maybe, did not know about it.
Check trailer below and let me know what do you think. I did not explore Bob Dylan yet, but this is making me to do it.
I think the movie will hit the cinemas around Christmas only Could surely be worth seeing.
The time Dylan went electric. It must have been an interesting time and quite a milestone in modern music history. I would be surprised if the soundtrack of the movie wouldnāt include a selection of songs from āHighway 61 revisitedā. Itās a great album and maybe also a good starting point for your Dylan exploration.
This looks like fun! There are few movies that will get me out to a cinema these days, but I might head out for this one. Especially if our local āartā cinema shows it. I loved Walk The Line.
@Jozsef, maybe, but for me even the bad ones are more entertaining than all the MU stuff! And I personally donāt like violent moviesā¦ At the end of the day, thereās a big group of people of a certain age who have resources, just want to have fun, and are the target demographic for these movies. Iām guilty as charged!
For a non-music-related, but similarly demographic-targeted movie that I found especially charming, thereās Jules.
James Mangold calls it an āensemble pieceā rather than a biopic, Joszef. Iām sure Dylanologists everywhere are already sharpening their pencils to take note of each and every little historical inaccuracy
I want to se it. Hoping it shows the farm worker movement days an Guthries influence on his playing. One the most important and influential times in American history.
The reason Iām skeptical is that Dylan, Queen, Elton John, Amy Winehouse, Miles Davis, etc. who have recently received the biopic treatment have so much written resources and documentary footage available on them. Not that each and every one of them are flawless, but I think in general they serve the purpose of depicting/analyzing their subjects pretty well. The Hollywood reenactments of āsaintsā livesā just seem redundant to me.
But Iāll be the last one to advise someone against seeing any film (maybe with the exception of Ed Woodās āfilmsā). As for more fictionalized accounts of Dylan, I think Iām Not There by Todd Haynes wasnāt bad. As for films on partly fictitious folk singers, I warmly recommend Inside Llewyn Davis by the Coen brothers.
Your life is missing something essential if you have not partaken of Bob Dylan.
Mid 60s is where to start - The Times They Are Aā Changinā, Another Side Of, Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61, Blonde On Blonde.
Jump to mid 70s Blood On The Tracks.
Jump to early 80s Infidels.
Jump to late 90s / early 00s Time Out Of Mind, Lover & Theft, Modern Times.
Enjoy.
This is a good starter pack, but I would definitely start at Freewheelinā, the album before Times they are aāchanging. Freewheelinā is his first album of original songs (there were only 2 originals on his debut, which is essentially an acoustic blues album).
@Richard_close2u thanks for recommendations, gonna jump into it next week.
Thanks all for active commenting, I am really happy lot of people are excited for this. Few great recommendations for movies like this are here and I am gonna check them too.
Donāt miss out on John Wesley Harding, itās just as good as his 1965-66 albums. Itās comparatively bare bones (acoustic guitar, bass and drums; only 3 songs have keyboards or pedal steel on them), there are no superfluous words or musical bits.
Yes, probably.
I have read reviews and I know not to expect a historically or biographically accurate portrayal. I think it will be more a flavour of the time with his songs being performed throughout.
Could surely be worth seeing.
