Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)
Movie Review: Trying to be hip, and actually being hip in spite of it
Summary: 4 Stars
There's no doubt this film was an influential piece of cinema verite for subsequent rockumentaries. With little ado, it follows Bob Dylan and his small entourage (including Joan Baez) around England on an acoustic concert tour in the spring of 1965, in delicious black-and-white (mostly with hand-held cameras.) Much of the time we are in cars and hotel rooms, with occasional footage of Bob onstage performing alone with his guitar and harmonica. On a certain level we get a gritty version of the carefree fun of the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" - Bob and friends mostly hang around, seemingly without a care in the world, not appreciating how fleeting is this era of anyone's youth. At the same time, Dylan spends much of his time in pointless debates with journalists and others who are hanging around, keeping up a self-centered patter that I trust would embarrass an older man looking back on his cocky youth. It's argument for the sake of argument. His insouciant bravado has always been maddening; Bob shows little of his true self to the public in interviews and encounters, but then...he goes onstage, and those songs speak directly to our hearts, now as then. It's a weird contrast between the backstage kiss-off artist and the onstage genius. However, snatches of the real Dylan do slip through in this footage too. He seems wary and insecure around peers such as Donovan. Before going onstage at the Royal Albert Hall, the man who has just spent a long time telling a reporter that Time magazine is meaningless stops to carefully check himself in the mirror before going on. After the same concert, he seems genuinely upbeat and glad about the performance. In these and a few other glimpses, we see chinks in the armor of the self-conscious rebel, and behold, there is a human being beneath. No wonder the songs are so good. (The sound quality of the live performances isn't great in this film, but then it probably wasn't in real life in those days either.)Movie Review: Bob's an ass, but that's ok.
Summary: 5 Stars
If that's who wrote the songs, then that's who's supposed to 'star' in the movie. {Roger Ebert had to check his archives to see if he orginally noticed what a jerk Dylan was,(he was happy to find that his current opinion hadn't been contradicted in his 60's review).} The funny thing is, the journalists who Bob is so rude to were giving him good writeups.(ps,for whatever reason, Amazon 's been post-scripting this review as being for the vhs version, is it, in fact, for the dvd.)
Movie Review: A n essential DVD for any Dylan fan
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely loved this DVD, especially since I had read about it a Dylan biography. Joan Baez, Albert Grossman, and Donovan make appearences. And '60's London looks great in glorious black and white.An another note, Bob sure smokes a lot in the movie. Gee whiz.
Movie Review: Don't Look Back
Summary: 5 Stars
This documentary was both enlightening and entertaining. This DVD is a must see for any Dylan fan. Never before had I truly seen Dylan's ferocity and playfulness. The live stuff is great as well. The guy who made this documentary (name is escaping me) also made a Jimi Hendrix one and a Monterey one I think...hope that they are as good as this one. This documentary is a little window into how Dylan was back in '67...around Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited and all...good stuff!Movie Review: It was such a long time ago
Summary: 4 Stars
Of course I love Bob Dylan and I have most of his albums and I've even met him. His talent is limitless and far beyond everyone else's. He is as dynamic today as he ever was and his every song stands on its own merit. But, this video was shot such a long time ago -the 60s. It's arty and well-done and it's certainly an important historical piece. If you're a big fan you'll enjoy it but it's not the type of movie most people wold watch again. It's slow moving and can't compare to the type of documentary we are used to nowadays. Worst part is that there are no complete songs. The interviews and songs are cut up and mixed. I feel that one can't have Dylan explained to you - you have to open yourself to Bob Dylan and just feel the song as best as you can. Everyone will feel it differently. That is the mastery of his gift.