Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Scorsese's doc on Dylan, in a word- masterpiece!

I just saw Martin Scorsese's PBS documentary "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home." It is an amzing and brilliant documentary. Every minute of its three and a half hour running time is amazing, as is the story of Dylan's quick rise at a tender age during a turbulent age in America. The film shows Dyaln's influences, which included folk singers like the late Woddy Guthrie. There are also interviews with Joan Baez, the late Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger- who resides here in Virginia now, and there is fottage shot by the likes of documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and Andy Warhol. It sould be available at Blockbusters and public libraries soon. It is one of the few films which actually manages to live up to its hype!

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