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Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)
Plot Outline Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan.
Plot Synopsis: Portrait of the artist as a young man. In spring, 1965, Bob Dylan, 23, a pixyish troubador, spends three weeks in England. Pennebaker's camera follows him from airport to hall, from hotel room to public house, from conversation to concert. Joan Baez and Donovan, among others, are on hand. It's the period when Dylan is shifting from acoustic to electric, a transition that not all fans, including Baez, applaud. From the opening sequence of Dylan holding up words to the soundtrack's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," Dylan is playful and enigmatic.
Plot Keywords: Independent Film | Concert Film | Live In Concert Recording
DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
Run Time: 152 minutes
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DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Disc 1: Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
Commentary by director D.A. Pennebaker and tour road manager Bob Neuwirth
Five additional uncut audio tracks
Alternate version of the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" cue-card sequence
Original theatrical trailer
D.A. Pennebaker filmography
Bob Dylan discography
Cast and crew biographies
Disc 2: Bob Dylan 65 Revisited
A new work compiled by D.A. Pennebaker from over 20 hours of never-before-seen footage
Commentary by director D.A. Pennebaker and tour road manager Bob Neuwirth
Also includes:
168-page companion book including a complete transcription of the film, over 200 photos, and a new forward by D.A. Pennebaker
Collectible "Subterranean Homesick Blues" flipbook
From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
Both a classic documentary and a vital pop-cultural artifact, D.A. Pennebaker's portrait of Bob Dylan captures the seminal singer-songwriter on the cusp of his transformation from folk prophet to rock trendsetter. Shot during Dylan's 1965 British concert tour, Don't Look Back employs an edgy vérité style that was, and is, a snug fit with the artist's own consciously rough-hewn persona. Its handheld black-and-white images and often-gritty London backdrops suggest cinematic extensions of the archetypal monochrome portraits that graced Dylan's career-making early-'60s album jackets.
Pennebaker's access to the legendarily private troubadour enables us to witness Dylan's shifting moods as he performs, relaxes with his entourage (including then lover Joan Baez, road manager Bob Neuwirth, and poker-faced manager Albert Grossman), and jousts with other musicians (notably Animals alumnus Alan Price and Scottish folksinger Donovan), fans, and press. It's a measurement of the filmmaker's acuity that the conversations are often as gripping as Dylan's solo performances. Grossman's machinations with British promoters, Baez's hip serenity, a grizzled British journalist's surrender to the fact of Dylan's artistry, and the artist's own taunting dismissal of a clueless sycophant are all absorbing.
With the exception of the studio recording of "Subterranean Homesick Blues," the live performances (including five newly restored, complete audio tracks excised from the original film but included on the DVD version) are constrained by crude audio gear. Their urgency, however, is timeless, as is Pennebaker's film, a legitimate cornerstone for any serious rock video collection.
