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AMERICAN MASTERS: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan participates in an exclusive film biography. From his explosive arrival on the downtown New York City scene in 1961 - with a raspy voice, pounding guitar and stunning lyrics - through his near-fatal motorcycle accident in Woodstock in 1966, no one had more of an impact and no one changed the landscape of contemporary music more profoundly. Private, almost reclusive, disdainful of customary forms of publicity, Dylan has now agreed to make an appearance in his own story, illuminated in particular by this remarkable five-year period. Directed by Martin Scorsese, this intimate and incomparable film includes an archive of literally never-before-seen footage from childhood, from the road, from backstage, as well as unreleased interviews conducted over the past 15 years with other seminal figures from those times - some of whom, like Allan Ginsberg, are long dead. Dylan brings the rights to his legendary music with him - "Blowin' in the Wind," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Don't Think Twice," "Mr. Tambourine Man," "It Ain't Me Babe," "Just Like a Woman," "Positively 4th Street," "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - and on and on.
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Download Questions (PDF file - Adobe Reader required)
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What do you think is the source of Bob Dylan's enduring legacy?
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Dylan began dissociating himself from fame at an early age. Do you think it helped or hurt him? How?
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What is your favorite Dylan song? Why do you find it appealing?
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If Dylan had come onto the music scene 10 years later, do you think he would have had the same impact? Why or why not?
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Of today's artists, does anyone come close to Dylan in terms of influencing pop culture?
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Do you think Dylan is still relevant? Why or why not?
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Dylan's decision to add electrification inflamed some in his audience, who booed him. Can you think of other occasions when an audience reacted so strongly to a performer or a performance? What do you think it means?
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