Bob Dylan---Scorcese Documentary

[Lightning Rod]

Who caught the PBS broadcast of Martin Scorsese's "No Direction Home", the documentary about Bob Dylan? It was very inspiring.

I just had to record this after I saw it.

The Ballad of Hollis Brown

strictly folk

Did anybody else see it?

[K&D]

you know i did L-rod.

well actually i missed the begining, only saw the end of what played last night...i really liiked it, i think it really portrayed Dylan as a human being you know.

[Lightning Rod]

K&D,
You can rent the whole thing if you have Netflix.

Scorcese does a wonderful job portraying Dylan's enigmatic career along with its cultural backdrop. I loved it.

[K&D]

i thought the end was a little depressing...dylan kind of slipped off into the deepend there for a while.

you know what i wonder, whats it going to be like when he dies and they all try to recap his life in a two hour special...thats going to be freakin ridiculous.

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Here's a link for you LR.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/bobdylan/

[Doreen Peri]

What I loved about the documentary was how humble Dylan is and always has been.

All he wanted to do was write songs and play music.

He was so surprised that he became that popular! He never sought after fame and fortune and was clearly miffed that they were calling him the spokesman for the anti-war movement and an entire generation.

I love that quality in a performer.

Humility, to me, is one of the most valued traits for an artist.

[Doreen Peri]

Also, he didn't really like the limelight much when he wasn't on stage. He didn't care for all the reporters and crowds and photographers following him around. It was all a pain in the ass to him.

But I imagine that many performers don't like that much.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/

Above is another link with a few videos from the show. Right hand side under Don't miss Bob Dylan - Watch clips.

[Artguy]

I got the distinct feeling he had no idea of his impact on people. I don't know how someone could write such poignant lyrics and still seem surprised in their impact, and also deny that he wrote them with any intention of having some impact...

[knip]

i was certainly never comfortable when i punked out on stage back in the 70s...i hid it with booze and antics...probably why we never wrote any good music


i saw most of the dylan show...frankly, the only new stuff in it was some of the stuff bob said while being interviewed...nonetheless, a documentary's job isn't necessarily always to present new info; it can be relevant simply presenting old info in a new way


on a personal level, i would like to know more about bob in the 78-95 period, when he was so up and so down, and why that was...not that a documentary with interviews would necessarily reveal all that, but it would certainly enlighten, i think


in the end, the scorcese documentary was not one i would buy; it wasn't in the class of the last waltz...but it was honest, and damn good, i think

[e_dog]

knip:

on a personal level, i would like to know more about bob in the 78-95 period, when he was so up and so down, and why that was...not that a documentary with interviews would necessarily reveal all that, but it would certainly enlighten, i think

there was a docu,mentary about Dylan a few years ago, i forget the name, which spanned a larger swath of dylan's career, including his bizarre christian conversion in the early 80s i think. in fact, much of the footage from this latest documentary by scorsese is already in that one. not all of course.

doreen:

What I loved about the documentary was how humble Dylan is and always has been.
...
Humility, to me, is one of the most valued traits for an artist.

if you watch the documentary Don't Look Back, made in the 60s in Britain (a few fragments of scenes of which are in Martin Scoreasy's film) you wouldn't describe Dylan as "humble" -- more like, "arrogant jackass with a chip on his shoulder." but one cannot deny his poetic genius and distinctive musical pathos. and he was political for sure, despite the attempts to avoid all such labels.

[bohonato]

I taped both parts.
For the past three years I have planned on going to see Dylan but he always plays Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
But this year I will go see him.
Live.

[K&D]

He's awesome live. i've seen him four times now, everytime its different...everytime its really good.

[bohonato]

After I see him live, I will be able to die content

PBS was doing an entire week on the sixties, so perhaps that was why the Dylan Documentary concentrated on the period of his career.