I loved the part where Mozart is on his deathbed and telling the other guy how to add the treble part. It showed how the layers of melodies was what made Mozart special. That was one great music movie, this is another!
Great review. I graduated in 95 and had a very simiar experience with music, seemingly all starting with Stone's The Doors. I also saw Bob in concert in the late 90s and felt like he was so so old...and here we are...old ourselves. 100% subscribed. Peace
Time Out Of Mind is one my favorite albums. Rough and Rowdy Ways proves Bob's never lost his touch. Time Out Of Mind is the best album of the 90s imo. Oh Mercy is a great album as well. Dylan changes from album to album, he keeps reaching, keeps growing, always. Because of that, there are many Bob Dylan's. I love his whole catalog, studio and the bootlegs. Some of his bootlegs I enjoy more than the studio versions.
It's great to hear a Dylan fan giving this a thumbs up. I've always been a musician and I admire Dylan greatly. Every time a rock biopic comes out I kind of clench up and expect the worst. There are VERY few that I can even take, much less enjoy. I'm way too picky about everything because its my "sandbox", and I can always see the imperfections. Critics have been being positive about this one, and I'm looking forward to it now, where I once was dreading it! lol
We've all been burned so many times by so many lackluster musical biopics. I hope this one resonates for you. Which have you enjoyed in the past? I always steer people toward 'The Commitments' even if the band is completely fictional.
@@geekinwithJamesHancock The Committments was great. Man, that felt like a real band to me! Walk The Line was really good, but I don't really know Johnny Cash's music and history as well as I do say, Queen's or Elton John, Beatles etc. (don't really like those movies) I thought Elvis was pretty good as a piece of art, but I don't know the real history. And I did like Get On Up, the James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman.
Amadeus features my favourite rivalry (despite it being predominately one sided) in any film ever! And it has the most astonishing climax with Salieri on Mozart’s bedside
Each time I watch Amadeus the film takes my soul to strange and dark places. I love the music, I love the murderous creative rivalry, basically everything about it, lol.
Austin Butler and Robert Pattinson are up there with Timmy. James, did you get a chance to catch 'Queer'? What did you think of the flick? If you haven't seen it yet do a back to back with 'Naked Lunch'.
Looking forward to Pattinson in 'Mickey 17'. As far as 'Queer' goes, I caught it at the New York Film Festival. It was an impressive adaptation, but I felt like Guadagnino's movie 'Challengers' was a lot more electric, fast-paced and dynamic. That said, I'm very fired up for his adaptation of 'American Psycho'.
If memory serves me right, Dylan went electric after the Laurel Canyon scene had already begun which was a bunch of former New York folkies moving to LA to start the folk rock movement and the hippie movement which did start in Laurel Canyon
I really can’t wait for this movie as a Dylan fan, I do hope someday they’ll make a Phil ochs biopic he’s story definitely needs to be heard. At least there’s a shout out to him in the film with there but for fortune. Also this press tour is pretty cool with Tim doing a nod to one of Dylan’s iconic outfits. And yeah I did enjoy Austin’s performance as Elvis with stand out scenes like suspicious minds at the Vegas hotel, but the editing as a hit or miss for me
Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler should do a cross-promotional event at the Oscars where they start out recreating their knife fight from Dune Part 2 before breaking into song as Elvis and Bob Dylan.
Wow. Totally agree with just about every point you make here. The only one I can’t yet agree with, is INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS. Only because, though I own it on disc, I haven’t yet watched it! And one of my old friends who also is a huge Dylan freak and was a pro musician (session bass player) for many years also just recommended it to me, when I was giving him my capsule review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. And your assessment of Mangold’s oeuvre is pretty much the same as mine. COPLAND is one of the greatest underrated movies ever, IMO.
I just have to say that you have a very distinct accent lol. Where is it from? Sorry if it's a strange question. I'm from Texas lol. However, I've always heard of Dylan, never knowingly heard his music (crazy I know). I'm really captivated with his lore and interested in the movie
Kris Kristofferson was to Nashville what Dylan was to New York....good review by the way! I'd take that link to Pat Garrett and Billy the Kidd if you got it
Hope you enjoy! I'll be curious to see if the flick has more appeal to the diehard fanatics or the unconverted or if it's just a mix of responses across the board.
I've heard nothing but good things about 'Love & Mercy' and I'm long overdue in checking it out. My brother-in-law is obsessed with 'Control'. He's a fanatic for Joy Division.
my dylan journey started in the seventies with desire and then blood on the tracks ,, turned me in to a huge fan ,, didnt take immediately to his sixties stuff as bobs voice was so different ,, didnt take long though ,, awesome artist ,, looking forward to the film :))
The 2 Martin Scorsese Documentaries put together are 7 hours long. “No Direction Home” and “Rolling Thunder” but No Direction Home wasn’t that long by itself. But I agree a great Doc for a Dylan fan with a hangover.
Have you seen the P.A. Pennebaker documentary "Don't Look Back" It stars Dylan at the pivotal moment when Dylan is going electric....the music scenes of Dylan playing his last solo concert are incredible (and the entire movie is amazing.) Highly recommended. The other movie Dylan was in (playing a fictional character) is "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (Peckinpah...please watch the Director's Cut by Warner Brothers Classic...the original in the theater was edited incorrectly and the movie was ruined until the 1987 version was pieced together. Enjoy!
Cool. Looking forward to it. I'm a big Dylan fan. I managed to see him a few times. The most fun was when he played with the Dead in Philly at Lincoln Field before it closed. It was an epic, LSD- fueled adventure with my then super hot hippie chick girlfriend. Fun times!
@geekinwithJamesHancock Ha, I can relate to wandering the woods (I loved being able to see each and every leaf shimmer and sway in the sun and the breeze) but for some reason never played D&D tripping even tho I was a DM at the time. Go figure.
Im glad you enjoyed it. I find most music biopics to be a mind numbingly wasteful experience driven by the estate. I might give this once a chance though...
I lose my mind every time I'm on Twitter and see people praising Elvis. Hey, we don't all gotta like the same thing, but I'm in your camp. It is trash. But much like you I hope for the best in Austin Butler's future. Anyway, excellent review. This is the first thing that's gotten me excited for the movie. James Mangold has a wild filmography to say the least lol
Butler has a tough act to follow playing Patrick Bateman but after 25 years I think folks will be ready to give him a chance. At a minimum the new movie will hopefully help a new generation discover the novel. Giving it to my baby bro for Christmas.
... YT is loaded with intriguing live Dylan performances , interviews (lol) and stories from musicians that have performed with him ... for those new to the ''Dylanesque'' phenomena ...
Amadeus did a terrible disservice to Mozart. People see the movie and think that Mozart was a giggling moron. He was not only a genius, but a very thoughtful and intelligent man. There are many letters that have survived him that prove this out.
The movie makers have said that a lot of the original clubs and spots are now in bad sections or too run down so I think they had to reproduce bldgs to give it the vibe it had back then ❤
Doors is a good comparison. Very different movies but both really feature the music and don't attempt a lifespanning account (due to Morrison's early death).
this looks interesting i will go watch with some trepidation, i remember that i didnt enjoy the coen Brothers inside Llewellyn davis its my least favorite of the coen's filmography
As a lifelong folkie and huge Dylan fan, my feeling about "Inside Llewyn Davis" was that 1. It was a pretty unpleasant and horribly dark film in terms of the story. Accordingly, I didn't like it much at all. I found it truly depressing...and the personality of Davis did not in any way resemble Dave Van Ronk (whose own personal story was the inspiration behind the film). Van Ronk had a BIG warm, energetic, delightful personality...he was no "loser"... and he was also a dynamite performer who spent much time around Bob Dylan in the early 60's. They were good friends, and good-natured rivals in the folk scene. Dylan sometimes stayed over at his place with Van Ronk and his wife, Terri Thal, who also managed Dylan for awhile. They thought Dylan's material was the best thing going at the time. But...2. What the movie did get right was the beautiful sound of the folk music of that time in the live performance scenes, and the general look of the whole coffeehouse scene. So...the music was great. But the movie was a total downer. Why the hell the Coen brothers wanted to turn Van Ronk's upbeat and wonderful life story into a depressing nightmare of failure is more than I can imagine. Someone ought to make a REAL movie about Dave Van Ronk's career. It was not anything like Llewyn Davis's trail of disaster. I like most Coen Brothers films, but not that one.
'Inside Llewyn Davis' is a little slower and more depressing but definitely exploring similar terrain. That said, it's great seeing all these actors hurling themselves into recreating these classic tunes.
Big fan of Bob Dylan so I hope I get a chance to see this. I would of been named after him had my Dad gotten his way. LoL. My parents compromised with my middle name being Robert. Keep it up!
Hi James! Im not a fan of Bob Dylan. That being said, i never gave him a chance. 🤷♀️ I remember seeing him on tv when I was a child and thinking he looked so silly with that harmonica contraption. Lol. What can I say ? I was a kid. 😂😂
....yep a different kinda guy he was ... paving a different musical course for musicians, singers and songwriters for countless others after him ...IMO
Dylan hated Don't Look Back.... Because of what it omitted and how it telescoped in on pretty much just one facet of him and his personality..... Felt like it had an agenda to him. Because of that, he became a lot more of a recluse. Don't look back did nobody any favors when it comes to getting to know what has become the enigma that is called Bob Dylan.
Austin is definitely rolling the dice with 'American Psycho' but there was so much unused material from the book the first time around that I'll be curious to see what gets included in Guadagnino's interpretation.
Great review & love the channel but the GD’s are a bit uncomfortable, and I notice in every video it’s said way too much, just my lil opinion, but other than that awesome channel.
No worries, but I'll need to know what a GD is to avoid them in the future, lol. Just tried looking them up and Google's AI told me it meant "gangster disciple" which I suspect is not what you intended.
I will alway remember Bob Dylan on his 60min interview; where he practically state to interviewer he gave his soul to the devil; the commander and chief this world and the other. LOL LOL. What tool; I guess darkness is his allies. Lol lol
Did he say that? That's the most well-known legend from early blues singers. Robert Johnson did the same thing. It's obviously part of the persona. Don't lose sleep over it
..his songs like Knockin' on Heaven's door , Ain't Gonna go to hell for anybody , Property of Jesus , I believe in - etc... reject the dark soul of the devil ....IMO .....
I've now watched multiple scenes.. Didn't like "Walk the Line" and not a Mangold fan. Definitely not going to see this in the theater. Don't buy the hype by the mindless sycophants.What Blanchett did was epic in "Dont Look Back." Will be hard to compete with her performance. Want to see the Scorcese documentary even more.
I like Bob Dylan but i don’t know him as well as I’d like to. But as far as the movie is concerned, I really didn’t want to see it. I don’t much care for Timothe’e Chalamet - or so I thought. I’ve not seen many of his films and I sorta had a preconceived notion of ‘who he who he was’. I thought he was this young looking boy who everyone thinks is pretty and he had a too cool for school attitude and a false air of chill laid blackness. Maybe having a bad taste in my mouth about ‘Timmy’ (as Dylan called him on an X post he made semi-promoting the film but telling folks to read the excellent book that it’s based on after seeing the film), I guess I avoided his films. Not on purpose, but I think that’s why I never saw Ladybird. It’s one of the kinds of stories I like; along with Call Me By Your Name. I’d read Beautiful Boy & Tweak by Nic Sheff and I loved them, esp. Tweak. I really didn’t get the same vibe from the film, at all. I say vibe cuz that fits best. In fact, fit’s a good word to use cuz the film didn’t fit the books, which are 2 differing views on the same story but I don’t think it captured the essence of either. One day I watched Bones & All. My son really liked it and he was right! I found it terribly romantic, honest, dreamily sexy & very cool. They were both very good! I was thinking - Wonder how CMBYN was? Possibly the same vie? But I forgot abt. it. Now, I love Theo Von’s podcast. Timmy was on it a few days ago, surprisingly. You won’t be seeing big Alist stars there, but he was and… I truly liked him & thought he was himself, which, besides some decent manners is what you hope for; some authenticity. I really thought this young man genuinely cared about making sure he honored Dylan! He also seems to really care about every aspect of getting all the pieces that fit together to make the character he’s portraying as correct as possible! He was very funny, jokey. He’d been shown the podcast on a film set & it seemed he reached out to Theo & it seemed he really deeply cares about this character that he worked 5 yrs on, to get it right & to bridge a generational gap & to share Dylan’s music with. Timothe’e Chalamet, w/ the pretentious name spelling & the superstar status & dating a Kardashian & having tons of moola Really Impressed me. With his work ethic, sense of humor, witty & playful-he hooked me! I wanna see this film & I’m looking forward to seeing his next (Safdie bro) film too!. DAMMIT!!I’m a damn fan!🙁
Still can’t quite believe they finally cast Timothee Chalamet as a legendary 1960s music icon, and it somehow ISN’T Syd Barrett. Still looking forward to seeing this though.
New wig for each new movie review. You want it. We want it. Make it happen.
Works for me. Need to find a pink mohawk.
You don’t get it, that’s his real hair and he normally wears a bald cap.
Really cool how you connected the movie to your own experiences, man. Made the review more enjoyable.
I really appreciate your mention of Inside Llewyn Davis. What a fantastic movie.
Amadeus blew my mind when I first watched it.
The first time I saw the experience was completely hypnotic.
I loved the part where Mozart is on his deathbed and telling the other guy how to add the treble part. It showed how the layers of melodies was what made Mozart special. That was one great music movie, this is another!
And still now
Great review. I graduated in 95 and had a very simiar experience with music, seemingly all starting with Stone's The Doors. I also saw Bob in concert in the late 90s and felt like he was so so old...and here we are...old ourselves. 100% subscribed. Peace
Time Out Of Mind is one my favorite albums. Rough and Rowdy Ways proves Bob's never lost his touch. Time Out Of Mind is the best album of the 90s imo. Oh Mercy is a great album as well. Dylan changes from album to album, he keeps reaching, keeps growing, always. Because of that, there are many Bob Dylan's. I love his whole catalog, studio and the bootlegs. Some of his bootlegs I enjoy more than the studio versions.
It's great to hear a Dylan fan giving this a thumbs up. I've always been a musician and I admire Dylan greatly. Every time a rock biopic comes out I kind of clench up and expect the worst. There are VERY few that I can even take, much less enjoy. I'm way too picky about everything because its my "sandbox", and I can always see the imperfections. Critics have been being positive about this one, and I'm looking forward to it now, where I once was dreading it! lol
We've all been burned so many times by so many lackluster musical biopics. I hope this one resonates for you. Which have you enjoyed in the past? I always steer people toward 'The Commitments' even if the band is completely fictional.
@@geekinwithJamesHancock The Committments was great. Man, that felt like a real band to me! Walk The Line was really good, but I don't really know Johnny Cash's music and history as well as I do say, Queen's or Elton John, Beatles etc. (don't really like those movies) I thought Elvis was pretty good as a piece of art, but I don't know the real history. And I did like Get On Up, the James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman.
Nice one James! I was a bit on the fence about about seeing this but will definitely go see it now. Thanks!
Nice! Hope I didn't oversell it. Well worth a look.
Watched Amadeus recently again. Still love it. It’s not a biopic though. It’s a fictional story where most of the events aren’t factual.
I need to pick up on Blu-ray. I bought it on DVD in 1999 and it's so old school the disc has to be flipped.
Cant' wait to see this Luv DyLan
Amadeus features my favourite rivalry (despite it being predominately one sided) in any film ever! And it has the most astonishing climax with Salieri on Mozart’s bedside
That composition scene by Wolfgang's deathbed just gives me waves of chills up and down.
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lol! I just wrote a reply to another person who commented on this movie! And I totally agree, that bedside scene is fantastic.
My dad had my listing to Alice’s Restaurant every thanksgiving and it was just this year that I learned it was also turned into a movie
Know very little about Dylan but you sold me. Looking forward to seeing it. I never got the whole Amadeus thing lol.
Each time I watch Amadeus the film takes my soul to strange and dark places. I love the music, I love the murderous creative rivalry, basically everything about it, lol.
Austin Butler and Robert Pattinson are up there with Timmy. James, did you get a chance to catch 'Queer'? What did you think of the flick? If you haven't seen it yet do a back to back with 'Naked Lunch'.
Looking forward to Pattinson in 'Mickey 17'. As far as 'Queer' goes, I caught it at the New York Film Festival. It was an impressive adaptation, but I felt like Guadagnino's movie 'Challengers' was a lot more electric, fast-paced and dynamic. That said, I'm very fired up for his adaptation of 'American Psycho'.
If memory serves me right, Dylan went electric after the Laurel Canyon scene had already begun which was a bunch of former New York folkies moving to LA to start the folk rock movement and the hippie movement which did start in Laurel Canyon
Hi! Thank you for this. I trusted you during RoP, thanks for helping me through that.
Can I ask how long Scoot McNairy is actually in the movie?
I guess I could have waited for the latter half of the video.
A few scenes here and there but very memorable.
@geekinwithJamesHancock thank you, he's my favorite actor and was only in one trailer. Love your channel
I really can’t wait for this movie as a Dylan fan, I do hope someday they’ll make a Phil ochs biopic he’s story definitely needs to be heard. At least there’s a shout out to him in the film with there but for fortune. Also this press tour is pretty cool with Tim doing a nod to one of Dylan’s iconic outfits. And yeah I did enjoy Austin’s performance as Elvis with stand out scenes like suspicious minds at the Vegas hotel, but the editing as a hit or miss for me
Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler should do a cross-promotional event at the Oscars where they start out recreating their knife fight from Dune Part 2 before breaking into song as Elvis and Bob Dylan.
Great Review.
I was at that screening!! Great film😎
Nice! If you see me down at the Alamo Drafthouse in the future, definitely say hello.
Wow. Totally agree with just about every point you make here. The only one I can’t yet agree with, is INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS. Only because, though I own it on disc, I haven’t yet watched it! And one of my old friends who also is a huge Dylan freak and was a pro musician (session bass player) for many years also just recommended it to me, when I was giving him my capsule review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN.
And your assessment of Mangold’s oeuvre is pretty much the same as mine.
COPLAND is one of the greatest underrated movies ever, IMO.
I just have to say that you have a very distinct accent lol. Where is it from? Sorry if it's a strange question. I'm from Texas lol. However, I've always heard of Dylan, never knowingly heard his music (crazy I know). I'm really captivated with his lore and interested in the movie
Blood On the Tracks is one of my all time favourite albums, too. It's a movie without film.
I was rockin' out to it on the way to the theater last night. Hall of Fame.
Kris Kristofferson was to Nashville what Dylan was to New York....good review by the way! I'd take that link to Pat Garrett and Billy the Kidd if you got it
Wonka wasn't that bad lmao. Can't wait to watch Timothee as Bob Dylan. I'm also SO excited to see Butler as Patrick Bateman.
I can wait for Butler/Bateman if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Not necessary to be redone
Time for me to reread 'American Psycho'. It's been more than twenty years.
Thanks James, i really dont care for bob dylan but ill for sure check out the film!
Hope you enjoy! I'll be curious to see if the flick has more appeal to the diehard fanatics or the unconverted or if it's just a mix of responses across the board.
Fantastic movie… the kid nailed it! Going to see it again.
Great outfit, great review.
Much obliged! I need to whip out some more cosplay ideas for reviews in the future.
If you’re looking for some solid bio picks! I recommend “Love & Mercy” and “Control”!
I've heard nothing but good things about 'Love & Mercy' and I'm long overdue in checking it out. My brother-in-law is obsessed with 'Control'. He's a fanatic for Joy Division.
This indie filmmaker loves Dylan and I'm feverishly looking forward to seeing this film!
Hope it delivers on your expectations!
my dylan journey started in the seventies with desire and then blood on the tracks ,, turned me in to a huge fan ,, didnt take immediately to his sixties stuff as bobs voice was so different ,, didnt take long though ,, awesome artist ,, looking forward to the film :))
I was rocking out to Blood on the Tracks while riding the subway down to the screening. One of my all-time favorite albums from any era.
You used to live in the sanctum Santorum?
Lol, I did indeed. Although Dr. Strange technically lives at 177A Bleecker which does not exist.
@ I know did any one else catch that? I thought that was funny , I’m in ny also
The 2 Martin Scorsese Documentaries put together are 7 hours long. “No Direction Home” and “Rolling Thunder” but No Direction Home wasn’t that long by itself. But I agree a great Doc for a Dylan fan with a hangover.
Have you seen the P.A. Pennebaker documentary "Don't Look Back" It stars Dylan at the pivotal moment when Dylan is going electric....the music scenes of Dylan playing his last solo concert are incredible (and the entire movie is amazing.) Highly recommended. The other movie Dylan was in (playing a fictional character) is "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (Peckinpah...please watch the Director's Cut by Warner Brothers Classic...the original in the theater was edited incorrectly and the movie was ruined until the 1987 version was pieced together. Enjoy!
How does this compare to Walk the Line? in terms of biopic
Cool. Looking forward to it. I'm a big Dylan fan. I managed to see him a few times. The most fun was when he played with the Dead in Philly at Lincoln Field before it closed. It was an epic, LSD- fueled adventure with my then super hot hippie chick girlfriend. Fun times!
Very cool! Sounds like an epic evening. Most of my LSD adventures involved getting lost in the woods or playing D&D which isn't nearly as cool.
@geekinwithJamesHancock Ha, I can relate to wandering the woods (I loved being able to see each and every leaf shimmer and sway in the sun and the breeze) but for some reason never played D&D tripping even tho I was a DM at the time. Go figure.
Im glad you enjoyed it. I find most music biopics to be a mind numbingly wasteful experience driven by the estate. I might give this once a chance though...
You're 100% on point. Same holds true when a celebrity produces a documentary about their own career.
Not every Dylan interview/press Conference is confrontational.
Bob Dylan - Rome Press Conference, 2001
Bob Dylan - Martha Quinn interview. Wembley Stadium (Backstage), London. 7th July, 1984.
I enjoy his confrontational interviews. I rewatched 'Don't Look Back' (1967) last night and the flick features some real zingers.
I can't wait to see this movie.
Hope you enjoy! Very solid Christmas present for fans of Bob Dylan.
Very entertaining!
You're kinda lucky you went bald, because you look substantially better without hair
Much obliged! Although as a young man I was very proud of my long mop of untidy hair.
I had the same reaction - that's not where Cafe Wha was. Where's my old building.
I lose my mind every time I'm on Twitter and see people praising Elvis. Hey, we don't all gotta like the same thing, but I'm in your camp. It is trash. But much like you I hope for the best in Austin Butler's future. Anyway, excellent review. This is the first thing that's gotten me excited for the movie. James Mangold has a wild filmography to say the least lol
Butler has a tough act to follow playing Patrick Bateman but after 25 years I think folks will be ready to give him a chance. At a minimum the new movie will hopefully help a new generation discover the novel. Giving it to my baby bro for Christmas.
... YT is loaded with intriguing live Dylan performances , interviews (lol) and stories from musicians that have performed with him ... for those new to the ''Dylanesque'' phenomena ...
The only Dylan album I have is the soundtrack to Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Love it!
It's in my personal Hall of Fame. Bone-chilling soundtrack.
❤
Amadeus did a terrible disservice to Mozart. People see the movie and think that Mozart was a giggling moron. He was not only a genius, but a very thoughtful and intelligent man. There are many letters that have survived him that prove this out.
Yeah I can't stand that movie and don't understand the appeal.
The movie makers have said that a lot of the original clubs and spots are now in bad sections or too run down so I think they had to reproduce bldgs to give it the vibe it had back then ❤
Doors is a good comparison. Very different movies but both really feature the music and don't attempt a lifespanning account (due to Morrison's early death).
Wait...how old are you?
If you haven’t seen it yet, can you do a reaction to the new Witcher 4 trailer?!?
Howard Stern reviews?
I might have to act out that famous vibrating speaker scene from the movie.
this looks interesting i will go watch with some trepidation, i remember that i didnt enjoy the coen Brothers inside Llewellyn davis its my least favorite of the coen's filmography
As a lifelong folkie and huge Dylan fan, my feeling about "Inside Llewyn Davis" was that 1. It was a pretty unpleasant and horribly dark film in terms of the story. Accordingly, I didn't like it much at all. I found it truly depressing...and the personality of Davis did not in any way resemble Dave Van Ronk (whose own personal story was the inspiration behind the film). Van Ronk had a BIG warm, energetic, delightful personality...he was no "loser"... and he was also a dynamite performer who spent much time around Bob Dylan in the early 60's. They were good friends, and good-natured rivals in the folk scene. Dylan sometimes stayed over at his place with Van Ronk and his wife, Terri Thal, who also managed Dylan for awhile. They thought Dylan's material was the best thing going at the time.
But...2. What the movie did get right was the beautiful sound of the folk music of that time in the live performance scenes, and the general look of the whole coffeehouse scene. So...the music was great. But the movie was a total downer. Why the hell the Coen brothers wanted to turn Van Ronk's upbeat and wonderful life story into a depressing nightmare of failure is more than I can imagine. Someone ought to make a REAL movie about Dave Van Ronk's career. It was not anything like Llewyn Davis's trail of disaster.
I like most Coen Brothers films, but not that one.
'Inside Llewyn Davis' is a little slower and more depressing but definitely exploring similar terrain. That said, it's great seeing all these actors hurling themselves into recreating these classic tunes.
Big fan of Bob Dylan so I hope I get a chance to see this. I would of been named after him had my Dad gotten his way. LoL.
My parents compromised with my middle name being Robert. Keep it up!
Very cool! My dad's a massive fan of Sixties folk music as well.
Hi James! Im not a fan of Bob Dylan. That being said, i never gave him a chance. 🤷♀️ I remember seeing him on tv when I was a child and thinking he looked so silly with that harmonica contraption. Lol. What can I say ? I was a kid. 😂😂
....yep a different kinda guy he was ... paving a different musical course for musicians, singers and songwriters for countless others after him ...IMO
No worries at all and who knows, the sight of Timothée honking away on his harmonica might finally convert you.
Dylan hated Don't Look Back.... Because of what it omitted and how it telescoped in on pretty much just one facet of him and his personality..... Felt like it had an agenda to him. Because of that, he became a lot more of a recluse. Don't look back did nobody any favors when it comes to getting to know what has become the enigma that is called Bob Dylan.
Elvis was ok Austin didn’t do all the singing He is risking doing Christian Bale. It was perfect I’ll pass on that
Excited to see ACU
Austin is definitely rolling the dice with 'American Psycho' but there was so much unused material from the book the first time around that I'll be curious to see what gets included in Guadagnino's interpretation.
Great review & love the channel but the GD’s are a bit uncomfortable, and I notice in every video it’s said way too much, just my lil opinion, but other than that awesome channel.
No worries, but I'll need to know what a GD is to avoid them in the future, lol. Just tried looking them up and Google's AI told me it meant "gangster disciple" which I suspect is not what you intended.
cadillac records is a good one.
Thanks for the heads up! I haven't seen that one.
I will alway remember Bob Dylan on his 60min interview; where he practically state to interviewer he gave his soul to the devil; the commander and chief this world and the other. LOL LOL. What tool; I guess darkness is his allies. Lol lol
I wish more musicians would sell their souls to the Devil if the result is albums like Blood on the Tracks.
Did he say that? That's the most well-known legend from early blues singers. Robert Johnson did the same thing. It's obviously part of the persona. Don't lose sleep over it
@@geekinwithJamesHancock remember its 7 year contract. No thank my friend.
..his songs like Knockin' on Heaven's door , Ain't Gonna go to hell for anybody , Property of Jesus , I believe in - etc... reject the dark soul of the devil ....IMO .....
@@geekinwithJamesHancock...God gives the light of creativity out from the demon of darkness .....
I've now watched multiple scenes.. Didn't like "Walk the Line" and not a Mangold fan. Definitely not going to see this in the theater. Don't buy the hype by the mindless sycophants.What Blanchett did was epic in "Dont Look Back." Will be hard to compete with her performance. Want to see the Scorcese documentary even more.
Highway 61 Revisited. You're welcome.
I like Bob Dylan but i don’t know him as well as I’d like to. But as far as the movie is concerned, I really didn’t want to see it. I don’t much care for Timothe’e Chalamet - or so I thought. I’ve not seen many of his films and I sorta had a preconceived notion of ‘who he who he was’. I thought he was this young looking boy who everyone thinks is pretty and he had a too cool for school attitude and a false air of chill laid blackness. Maybe having a bad taste in my mouth about ‘Timmy’ (as Dylan called him on an X post he made semi-promoting the film but telling folks to read the excellent book that it’s based on after seeing the film), I guess I avoided his films. Not on purpose, but I think that’s why I never saw Ladybird. It’s one of the kinds of stories I like; along with Call Me By Your Name. I’d read Beautiful Boy & Tweak by Nic Sheff and I loved them, esp. Tweak. I really didn’t get the same vibe from the film, at all. I say vibe cuz that fits best. In fact, fit’s a good word to use cuz the film didn’t fit the books, which are 2 differing views on the same story but I don’t think it captured the essence of either.
One day I watched Bones & All. My son really liked it and he was right! I found it terribly romantic, honest, dreamily sexy & very cool. They were both very good! I was thinking - Wonder how CMBYN was? Possibly the same vie? But I forgot abt. it. Now, I love Theo Von’s podcast. Timmy was on it a few days ago, surprisingly. You won’t be seeing big Alist stars there, but he was and… I truly liked him & thought he was himself, which, besides some decent manners is what you hope for; some authenticity. I really thought this young man genuinely cared about making sure he honored Dylan! He also seems to really care about every aspect of getting all the pieces that fit together to make the character he’s portraying as correct as possible! He was very funny, jokey. He’d been shown the podcast on a film set & it seemed he reached out to Theo & it seemed he really deeply cares about this character that he worked 5 yrs on, to get it right & to bridge a generational gap & to share Dylan’s music with.
Timothe’e Chalamet, w/ the pretentious name spelling & the superstar status & dating a Kardashian & having tons of moola Really Impressed me. With his work ethic, sense of humor, witty & playful-he hooked me! I wanna see this film & I’m looking forward to seeing his next (Safdie bro) film too!. DAMMIT!!I’m a damn fan!🙁
Still can’t quite believe they finally cast Timothee Chalamet as a legendary 1960s music icon, and it somehow ISN’T Syd Barrett. Still looking forward to seeing this though.
I'd kill for a great Pink Floyd movie. At least we have Alan Parker's 'Pink Floyd: The Wall'.
I generally wouldn’t watch Chalomet in anything and I don’t watch bio pics, docudramas.
Dylan wished he looked like that actor.
Timothée definitely is not hurting on that front, but I'm sure Dylan had his fun back in the day.
@geekinwithJamesHancock Lucky he could play an instrument and sing, famous people, no matter how ugly, get women. 😂
So cool I didn’t recognise you…
They were handing out the wigs and shades at the theater and I couldn't resist.
Ahem... Amadeus is NOT a biopic... It has the sheen of truth but is virtually total ficion...
Dang, that's a cool gimmick.
100%. Definitely beats a fancy popcorn bucket.
As a big fan of Bob Dylan I can’t watch this movie
Totally fair. The biggest Bob Dylan fans I know are dreading the experience.
I am a dylan fan and be watching
Did the reviewer like having a white Ashkinazie Jew playing Joan Baez?
Monica is half Mexican half white
Respect Dylan but not a big fan of his music, so I can wait for it to come on a platform.
Perfect... for me Timothée Chalamet is as close to A Complete Unknown as I can think of... OK I looked him up: Intersteller. 2014