In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
Direction
Pennebaker invented the modern rock doc with zero narration.
Writing
Every Dylan quip is improvised poetry or deliberate cruelty.
Director
D. A. Pennebaker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This basically created the 'unlikable genius' documentary template that A24 still mines today.
Dylan allegedly tried to buy and destroy the footage after seeing how petty he looked. Failed.
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