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: Real people worth watching
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a fan of reality television even though the contestants on Survivor and Big Brother are in a completely artificial situation, as far from reality as can be. Yet nobody is writing their script; they are writing that themselves. These comments are also relevant to this excellent documentary of young Bob Dylan on tour in England in 1965.
I don't like the Spotlight Reviews on this site. They are too "expert" and don't get everything right. They are too full of themselves.
One of the main impressions I get from this documentary concerns the clash between beautiful and brilliant Dylan, who is actually doing something good in the world, and the reporters/critics. True, Dylan is very confrontational with them, but they are lucky to have his attention at all.
It seems like these nothings, these cogs in the wheels that employ them, don't get the point at all. The point is Hattie Carroll, being murdered by a rich and apathetic white s.o.b. and getting away with it. The point is that Bob Dylan is coming out and saying something that needs to be said. The point is that Bob Dylan believes in right and wrong, and therefore is a mouthpiece of God, cutting through all our crap.
And very few others were doing this at the time. Not too many are doing it now either. Put on the radio. What do you hear? You hear personal lyrics, I love you, I find you attractive, I'm mad at you, whatever. In one genre you hear that you are worthless except to the degree that you turn me on, and that the singer is worth more than you because he has a fancier car and more expensive jewelry, and will blow you away with a shotgun.
What a bunch of baloney. What kind of values are we offering to the young people who listen to this idiocy and think it is cool?
Then you have Dylan. Justice. Poetry. Intelligence. How often do you hear a lyric on the radio that is intelligent?
Contrast the Dylan of this documentary to some of the more recent Dylans. Do you know the song Union Sundown? That's the one ripping globalization to shreds, a decade before everyone else realized it needed to be stopped, a way to maximize profits by paying pennies for labor, firing American workers and replacing them with slave labor overseas.
Contrast that Dylan to this younger one. The more modern one, the older one, isn't physically beautiful anymore, isn't a pixyish darling anymore, but he's just as on target, just as sharp and penetrating.
One of the highlights of this video is the live performance of the beginning of It's All Over Now Baby Blue at the special request of Donovan. First, Donovan sings a perfectly nice song, then Dylan sings a freaking masterpiece. I like the way Dylan smiles as he sings "yonder stands your orphan". Think about that line. Your orphan? That means you are dead, doesn't it. I like Dylan's smile as he sings that line, a smile saying hey, listen to that lyric, get it? It's one of the really interesting lines to It's All Over Now, Baby Blue.
At the Albert Hall, Dylan is alone with his guitar and harmonica, no band behind him, and he is mesmerizing the world's most elite audience, the Beatles among them. He's doing it just being himself, his brilliant self.
I like most of the commentary. This is one of the few videos where I played the film a second time to listen to the whole commentary. It's funny the way one of the commentators gives all his reasons for being pleased that Hattie Carroll was cut off before its climactic ending and thunderous applause, and then the other commentator, who is obviously right, completely disagrees with what we've been listening to, in a perfectly non-confrontational way, and says that was the one song that should have been shown in its entirety. Far from detracting from the effectiveness of the film, this song would have made the entire point of the film, that Dylan was a powerhouse.
Real people, worth watching
Movie Review: A Great DVD For A Great Bob Dylan Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD I bought was a gift for a friend who is a Bob Dylan fan. I personally did not see it. My friend loved it. He told me that it was one of the best gifts he has received. He also said that there were parts in this DVD that he had seen before, but many parts he did not. According to him, he says that if you are a Bob Dylan fan, it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. He really enjoyed this gift!Movie Review: An Interesting Perspective
Summary: 5 Stars
The documentary "Don't Look Back" is an interesting perspective into the historical visit of Bob Dylan in the country of England. The time is 1965, and D.A. Pennebaker, the man behind the camera, portrays a very whitty, intelligent Dylan, as he faces the media of the time, as well as the English audience. Dylan is brilliant both in front of the audience, as well as back stage amongst his comrades. He is the star, and he is the jester at the same time. I recommend this for everyone.Movie Review: EXCELLENT AND STYLISH ROCK DOC........
Summary: 5 Stars
If you dig Bob Dylans music, or are into good rock documentaries, than you will most surely like DONT LOOK BACK. Although not very in depth in the sense that NO DIRECTION HOME, the most recent offering is... this one instead just follows a young Bob Dylan through his 1964 European tour. You get to watch the man at fun and at work, galavanting around Europe with the likes of Joan Baez and Donovan. Its all in a very stylish black and white, and is very fun to watch.
The way Bob Dylan gives the subtle F*** YOU to every single reporter that crosses his path, is entertainment enough. But you get him arguing with unruly fans, acoustic battling with Donovan, and just amazing the crowd onstage.
D.A PENNEMAKER gets down and deep into the crazy touring life of Bob Dylan in the sixties. Also, we get a sense of the rock and roll business, through up close dealings with John Hammond, Dylans manger at the time. The movie is a good time, if you are into rock docs, you gotta see this one!
Movie Review: Haven't I met these people?
Summary: 4 Stars
One of many things that struck me about this movie was how much Dylan and his friends as a group look and talk a lot like the people I know. It felt like a life line between young people now and young people then. We're still all doing the same thing. Dylan was 23 when the movie was shot, and I'm 23 now, so it was interesting to see what he was like then; his youth and passion in full force, and so much in the moment, and this was 40 years ago.
It's kind of depressing, actually. Because afterwards you want so badly for there to be a young artist like that now.
I saw this movie for the first time earlier this week. I've listened to Bob Dylan casually for a couple of years, but have recently gotten really into his music. I don't think that he's rude in the film like some people have said. I thought he was hilarious and bratty with the science student, and really trying to get through to the Time magazine reporter.
Actually they explained his attitude a little in the commentary; the British reporters who came to interview him didn't even know who Joan Baez was; they really didn't know what they were talking about. Now, wouldn't YOU want to mess with people like that? Especially if these same reporters were calling you the voice of a generation?