Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)
starring: Bob Neuwirth, Brian Pendleton (II), Bob Dylan, Terry Ellis (II), Chris Ellis (III)
directed by: D.A. Pennebaker
directed by: D.A. Pennebaker
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BOB DYLAN - DON'T LOOK BACK: '65 TOUR DE (DVD MOVIE)
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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. --Sam Sutherland
BOB DYLAN - DON'T LOOK BACK: '65 TOUR DE (DVD MOVIE)
Amazon.com essential video:
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. --Sam Sutherland
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- Fabulous
This is the young Bob Dylan on a three week concert tour of England in 1965.It is a tour de force of cinema verite.It is fascinating to watch a young artist of extraordinary talent being asked questions about the meaning of his music.
Dylan's incredulous manner in response is funny, ironic, and at times very sarcastic; especially with the totally "out of it" reporter from Time Magazine.The interview is one of the subjects of a very informative commentary by director and documentary ... Read More
Rating: - The Early Years
I had a hard time one summer.My parents had moved out East and I wasn't interested in spending the summer away from my college buddies.I was able to live with my uncle in Cedar Rapids but I really didn't know anyone else there and it was about 100 miles away from my buddies (and had no car).It was really a depressing time but I found my emotional outlet that summer of '72 in Bob Dylan.I had all his first 5 albums and I kept playing them all summer long.Cedar Rapids didn't have any meaning for ... Read More
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- boring
i just saw this on tv tonight and i found it very boring.the sound wasnt very good either and watching dylan with acoustic guitar and occasional harmonica is a bore itself.i was dying to hear some drums and electric guitar and bass in this music.they shouldnt call this a rock documentary they should call it a fold documentary.wish they had gone on tour and filmed the beatles 65 tour instead of dylan.
Rating: - A truer portrait of Bob
The original version of DLB was and still is a groundbreaking documentary of a pivotal moment in the career of Bob Dylan, and rock music in general, but it is less about the music than it is about the drama and pettiness that Dylan was involved in behind the scenes. The new 65 Revisited disc shows more of the softer side of Bob, particularly towards his adoring British fans, and also presents the song performances in their full, unedited forms. "To Ramona" in Sheffield and "It Ain't Me Babe" in Manchester ... Read More
Rating: - Best movie ever!
I LOVE This movie. I have watched it several hundred times by now and the DVD still works perfectly!
- FabulousThis is the young Bob Dylan on a three week concert tour of England in 1965.It is a tour de force of cinema verite.It is fascinating to watch a young artist of extraordinary talent being asked questions about the meaning of his music.
Dylan's incredulous manner in response is funny, ironic, and at times very sarcastic; especially with the totally "out of it" reporter from Time Magazine.The interview is one of the subjects of a very informative commentary by director and documentary ... Read More
- The Early YearsI had a hard time one summer.My parents had moved out East and I wasn't interested in spending the summer away from my college buddies.I was able to live with my uncle in Cedar Rapids but I really didn't know anyone else there and it was about 100 miles away from my buddies (and had no car).It was really a depressing time but I found my emotional outlet that summer of '72 in Bob Dylan.I had all his first 5 albums and I kept playing them all summer long.Cedar Rapids didn't have any meaning for ... Read More
- boringi just saw this on tv tonight and i found it very boring.the sound wasnt very good either and watching dylan with acoustic guitar and occasional harmonica is a bore itself.i was dying to hear some drums and electric guitar and bass in this music.they shouldnt call this a rock documentary they should call it a fold documentary.wish they had gone on tour and filmed the beatles 65 tour instead of dylan.
- A truer portrait of BobThe original version of DLB was and still is a groundbreaking documentary of a pivotal moment in the career of Bob Dylan, and rock music in general, but it is less about the music than it is about the drama and pettiness that Dylan was involved in behind the scenes. The new 65 Revisited disc shows more of the softer side of Bob, particularly towards his adoring British fans, and also presents the song performances in their full, unedited forms. "To Ramona" in Sheffield and "It Ain't Me Babe" in Manchester ... Read More
- Best movie ever!I LOVE This movie. I have watched it several hundred times by now and the DVD still works perfectly!
