Friday, March 02, 2007

I saw Martin Scorcese's documentary on Bob Dylan a couple of days ago. It's wonderful. Captivating.

Scorsese asks few or no questions. He takes the story of BD's life forward just by showing footage and giving parts of interviews he did with BD & his contempararies.

The footage of the late fifties & early sixties that he has used is extremely rare. Instead of hearing things from the horses mouth, we get to see the real things as they happened.

The only drawback of the film is its length. Sitting at a place for 3 1/2 hrs can be a bit too much even for BD fans.

All in all, it's a brilliant film for the die hards. For the slightly less interested fan, try obtaining a DVD & see it in parts.

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