By: Tim Hearnshaw

Tim Hearnshaw — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:28 +0000

The Scorsese/Dylan movie has been a wonderfull starting point for me to discover blues , folk music and a host of related subjects all i can say is thankyou so much.

By: Julie Frazier

Julie Frazier — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:06:01 +0000

I know Martin Scorsese is an established director but I the Dylan work was too much for him. There either isn’t enough footage behind the scenes to make an excellent documentary or there is not enough distance between the director and the subject of the documentary for it to make sense. “No Direction Home” was not exciting; it didn’t have a spark. Dylan’s interviews aren’t all that interesting. What is interesting is how he behaves in real life behind the stage and off the stage and getting ready to go on stage because this is what he lives for, to perform. People from the 60’s talking about Dylan isn’t that interesting because it’s second hand and it’s from people who haven’t made it that big. Joan Baez was dumped by Dylan because he was advancing his career and his talent. He wasn’t going to be captured and made prisoner by the protest movement. Protests come and go. Leaders come and go. Dylan wants to transcend his current work and his past work and get to the music that will carry him forward. I don’t think the documentary got that at all. It may be that Scorsese himself is bound by money and property and by Dylan’s fame. When it gets right down to it, Dylan’s a superstar for now. Scorsese is only a name on the screen and that’s at the very last before the movie lights go up when most people have left the movie theatre or gone to the bathroom.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:37:36 +0000

I like very much your article

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