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Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back

The iconographic rockumentary, filmed before rock musicians had handlers. This peek inside the head of a very young Bob Dylan is disturbing and exhilarating. It's clear Dylan has a rare gift for channeling sublime lyrics straight from the source; it is equally clear the divine messenger was a jerk. I kept thinking of the undeserving Mozart in Amadeus. Rough, tattered, blazing like a million suns, a rocket lifting off, this is an unforgettable portrait of a young artist. And the model for every rock bio since.

-- KK

Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
Directed by D.A. Pennebaker
1967, 96 min.
$22, DVD

Available from Amazon

Rentable from Netflix

Posted on May 4, 2004 at 4:11 PM | Comments (0)



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