Daniel Kramer, a rock photographer who captured some of the most iconic Bob Dylan images of the Sixties, including the covers of Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, died April 29, Rolling Stone confirmed. He was 91.
Kramer first encountered Bob Dylan when he watched him perform “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. “The lyrics were startling to me,” he told Rolling Stone in 2016. “They were so poetic. I knew this wasn’t an ordinary event. I knew this guy was special.”
Not long afterward,...
Kramer first encountered Bob Dylan when he watched him perform “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. “The lyrics were startling to me,” he told Rolling Stone in 2016. “They were so poetic. I knew this wasn’t an ordinary event. I knew this guy was special.”
Not long afterward,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
“I just miss Robbie, period,” says Martin Scorsese, talking about a professional and personal relationship with Robbie Robertson that lasted 47 years. “The friendship, the work, the tales he told — all of it.”
Although the filmmaker has already declared his intentions to shoot a new project in 2024 — an adaptation of “A Life of Jesus” by the late Japanese author Shūsaku Endō — Scorsese still has his head very much in his darkly poetic “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the late, great musical collaborator and friend who composed its haunting score.
“It meant a lot to both of us that we did this project together,” Scorsese told Variety on Friday, noting that “’Killers of the Flower Moon’ was a kind of culmination” of their entire working relationship.
The director’s epic Western crime drama chronicling the true story of the reign of terror waged against the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma starring Leonardo DiCaprio,...
Although the filmmaker has already declared his intentions to shoot a new project in 2024 — an adaptation of “A Life of Jesus” by the late Japanese author Shūsaku Endō — Scorsese still has his head very much in his darkly poetic “Killers of the Flower Moon” and the late, great musical collaborator and friend who composed its haunting score.
“It meant a lot to both of us that we did this project together,” Scorsese told Variety on Friday, noting that “’Killers of the Flower Moon’ was a kind of culmination” of their entire working relationship.
The director’s epic Western crime drama chronicling the true story of the reign of terror waged against the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma starring Leonardo DiCaprio,...
- 1/16/2024
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Critics often drew comparisons between Paul Simon and Bob Dylan, something neither artist likely appreciated. Dylan felt that too many musicians were copying his style, and Simon didn’t particularly like Dylan as a person. While he spoke about his prickly feelings for Dylan in interviews, he also included them in his lyrics. In the song “A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission),” Simon mimicked Dylan’s vocal and lyrical styles. He also fit a few stinging insults into the song.
Bob Dylan and Paul Simon | Express Newspapers/Getty Images; George Rose/Getty Images Paul Simon wrote a song that parodied Bob Dylan
“A Simple Desultory Philippic” originally appeared on the 1965 album The Paul Simon Songbook. He also recorded it with Art Garfunkel for Simon & Garfunkel’s album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme. It is a relatively clear parody of Dylan, from the title,...
Bob Dylan and Paul Simon | Express Newspapers/Getty Images; George Rose/Getty Images Paul Simon wrote a song that parodied Bob Dylan
“A Simple Desultory Philippic” originally appeared on the 1965 album The Paul Simon Songbook. He also recorded it with Art Garfunkel for Simon & Garfunkel’s album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme. It is a relatively clear parody of Dylan, from the title,...
- 6/11/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter, has died at the age of 84.
“Gordon Lightfoot passed away this evening in a Toronto hospital at 7:30 p.m.,” a statement on Lightfoot’s Facebook page announced on Monday, May 1st. The statement promised more information “to come.”
Born in Orillia, Ontario in 1938, Lightfoot became known and beloved as Canada’s folk troubadour, an artist who stayed true to his roots despite international success. Songs like “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” depicted the culture, landscapes, and history of his Canadian home and grew to become both hits and signature tracks.
In the 2019 documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind, Rush’s Geddy Lee called Lightfoot “our poet laureate… our iconic singer-songwriter,” while Tom Cochrane noted, “If there was a Mt. Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it.”
Singing was Lightfoot’s calling from his youth...
“Gordon Lightfoot passed away this evening in a Toronto hospital at 7:30 p.m.,” a statement on Lightfoot’s Facebook page announced on Monday, May 1st. The statement promised more information “to come.”
Born in Orillia, Ontario in 1938, Lightfoot became known and beloved as Canada’s folk troubadour, an artist who stayed true to his roots despite international success. Songs like “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” depicted the culture, landscapes, and history of his Canadian home and grew to become both hits and signature tracks.
In the 2019 documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind, Rush’s Geddy Lee called Lightfoot “our poet laureate… our iconic singer-songwriter,” while Tom Cochrane noted, “If there was a Mt. Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it.”
Singing was Lightfoot’s calling from his youth...
- 5/2/2023
- by Ben Kaye
- Consequence - Music
Gordon Lightfoot — a genius-level Canadian singer-songwriter whose most enduring works include “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Carefree Highway,” “Early Morning Rain,” and “Rainy Day People” — died on Monday, the CBC confirmed. He was 84.
Lightfoot’s deceptively simple songs, which fused folk with pop and country rock, have been covered by everyone from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash to the Grateful Dead, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, and the Replacements.
He scored a series of hits in his native Canada throughout the Sixties,...
Lightfoot’s deceptively simple songs, which fused folk with pop and country rock, have been covered by everyone from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash to the Grateful Dead, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, and the Replacements.
He scored a series of hits in his native Canada throughout the Sixties,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In 1966, news broke that Bob Dylan had been badly injured in a motorcycle accident, but nobody seemed to know the details. Nearly 60 years later, details about the accident are still muddy. Dylan hasn’t spoken much about it, but others have divided themselves into two camps. Some say the accident left the musician with serious injuries, while others doubt it ever happened. According to Dylan biographer Daniel Mark Epstein, the musician did have an accident, but not in the way people might think.
Bob Dylan | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Bob Dylan hurt himself in a motorcycle accident
In 1966, Dylan retreated from public life after a motorcycle accident. Details about his injuries were few and far between, but, according to Epstein, the accident was nowhere as severe as people thought.
Bob Dylan | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
“There was a motorcycle, and there was a very weary, clumsy poet who wanted to ride on it,...
Bob Dylan | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Bob Dylan hurt himself in a motorcycle accident
In 1966, Dylan retreated from public life after a motorcycle accident. Details about his injuries were few and far between, but, according to Epstein, the accident was nowhere as severe as people thought.
Bob Dylan | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
“There was a motorcycle, and there was a very weary, clumsy poet who wanted to ride on it,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jimi Hendrix famously covered Bob Dylan’s song “All Along the Watchtower” and spoke openly about how much he admired the other musician. Despite this, Hendrix said he didn’t take any inspiration from Dylan’s music. He explained why he felt this way despite holding Dylan in such high regard.
Jimi Hendrix | Avalon/Getty Images Jimi Hendrix covered a Bob Dylan song
In 1968, Hendrix began to record a cover of Dylan’s song “All Along the Watchtower.” He had previously covered “Like a Rolling Stone,” but “All Along the Watchtower” would become his most well-known Dylan cover. Dylan’s manager, Albert Grossman, provided other artists with Dylan tapes to encourage them to cover the songs.
Dylan liked the cover so much that he amended his version of the song to sound more like Hendrix’s. He explained that after Hendrix’s death, the song felt like a tribute to him.
Jimi Hendrix | Avalon/Getty Images Jimi Hendrix covered a Bob Dylan song
In 1968, Hendrix began to record a cover of Dylan’s song “All Along the Watchtower.” He had previously covered “Like a Rolling Stone,” but “All Along the Watchtower” would become his most well-known Dylan cover. Dylan’s manager, Albert Grossman, provided other artists with Dylan tapes to encourage them to cover the songs.
Dylan liked the cover so much that he amended his version of the song to sound more like Hendrix’s. He explained that after Hendrix’s death, the song felt like a tribute to him.
- 4/17/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Though he has been famous for years, has given hundreds of interviews, and has been the subject of a number of films, Bob Dylan remains a relatively enigmatic celebrity. He prefers to keep his personal life private, though documentarians have attempted to understand the man behind the music. For any fans who want the same thing, here are five films that capture Dylan.
Bob Dylan | Val Wilmer/Redferns ‘Dont Look Back’
In 1965, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker followed Dylan on his tour of England. The resulting film is one of the most intimate looks at Dylan, who was just beginning his career. For context, he was still an acoustic artist at this point; he divided fans by going electric just months after this tour.
D.A. Pennebaker's classic 1967 documentary Dont Look Back starts with one of the most iconic moments of 1960s pop culture: Bob Dylan's hard-driving 1965 hit "Subterranean Homesick Blues," which...
Bob Dylan | Val Wilmer/Redferns ‘Dont Look Back’
In 1965, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker followed Dylan on his tour of England. The resulting film is one of the most intimate looks at Dylan, who was just beginning his career. For context, he was still an acoustic artist at this point; he divided fans by going electric just months after this tour.
D.A. Pennebaker's classic 1967 documentary Dont Look Back starts with one of the most iconic moments of 1960s pop culture: Bob Dylan's hard-driving 1965 hit "Subterranean Homesick Blues," which...
- 3/23/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ian Tyson, the celebrated Canadian folk musician best known for writing the contemporary standard “Four Strong Winds,” died Thursday, Dec. 29. He was 89.
Tyson’s death was confirmed in a statement on his Facebook page. He died at his ranch in southern Alberta, Canada from “on-going health complications,” though no further details were given.
One of Canada’s most prominent and influential artists, Tyson enjoyed a lengthy career as one half of the folk duo Ian and Sylvia (with Sylvia Fricker), and as a solo artist. “Four Strong Winds,” as well...
Tyson’s death was confirmed in a statement on his Facebook page. He died at his ranch in southern Alberta, Canada from “on-going health complications,” though no further details were given.
One of Canada’s most prominent and influential artists, Tyson enjoyed a lengthy career as one half of the folk duo Ian and Sylvia (with Sylvia Fricker), and as a solo artist. “Four Strong Winds,” as well...
- 12/30/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Jonathan Taplin wasn’t present at the creation, but in rock & roll terms, he came close enough. He witnessed Bob Dylan going electric at the Newport Folk Festival, saw Jimi Hendrix and many others at Monterey Pop, flew into Woodstock while working for the Band, helped coordinate George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh, and was aboard the famous Festival Express, during which the Band, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and others rode a train around Canada, playing concerts along the way.
But those days were just the beginning of Taplin’s unique journey.
But those days were just the beginning of Taplin’s unique journey.
- 4/20/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Throughout history, humans have relied on music to carry stories and bring people together. So Rolling Stone and Can-Am are embarking on a road trip to spotlight the artists, venues, and recording studios keeping the storytelling legacy alive today. We’re calling the project Common Tread. Join us as we explore the people and places that bridge the divide between music’s past and future.
When most people think of Woodstock, they think of the 1969 festival, but the town itself deserves a closer look. It’s a longstanding artistic haven...
When most people think of Woodstock, they think of the 1969 festival, but the town itself deserves a closer look. It’s a longstanding artistic haven...
- 4/8/2021
- by Clint Carter
- Rollingstone.com
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There’s really nothing like a good music documentary. Rivaled only by maybe true crime and movie documentaries, music-based films are great because they show the story behind the stories of our favorite artists, songs, bands, and record labels.
When you love documentaries the best place to find them all together is a streaming platform. Netflix reigns supreme, but there are a lot of other options out there at a cheaper price. From Hulu to Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Showtime, and Paramount+, you can enjoy tens of thousands of movies and TV series from your TV, phone, and other streaming devices for under $20 a month. Hulu is the most affordable option out of...
There’s really nothing like a good music documentary. Rivaled only by maybe true crime and movie documentaries, music-based films are great because they show the story behind the stories of our favorite artists, songs, bands, and record labels.
When you love documentaries the best place to find them all together is a streaming platform. Netflix reigns supreme, but there are a lot of other options out there at a cheaper price. From Hulu to Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Showtime, and Paramount+, you can enjoy tens of thousands of movies and TV series from your TV, phone, and other streaming devices for under $20 a month. Hulu is the most affordable option out of...
- 4/1/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
When Bob Dylan fans picked up copies of Bringing It All Back Home in 1965, they weren’t just struck by the electrified folk-rock of “Maggie’s Farm” and “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Some were also intrigued by its cover, where a dapper Dylan was seen joined by a mysterious brunette in a red jumpsuit, holding a cigarette and staring down the camera.
Although few knew it at the time, the woman in the iconic photo was Sally Grossman, wife of Dylan’s then-manager, Albert Grossman. A formidable figure in her own...
Although few knew it at the time, the woman in the iconic photo was Sally Grossman, wife of Dylan’s then-manager, Albert Grossman. A formidable figure in her own...
- 3/14/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
The rock documentary was practically invented by filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker when he tagged along with Bob Dylan for his U.K. tour in April and May 1965 and shot fly-on-the-wall footage. Ninety-six minutes wound up in his 1967 film Don’t Look Back, but that was just a fraction of what he shot. He shared priceless outtakes in his 2007 film 65 Revisited and even more in 2015 on a Criterion Collection DVD set.
One of the highlights from the DVD was previously unseen footage of Joan Baez and Marianne Faithfull singing “As Tears Go By...
One of the highlights from the DVD was previously unseen footage of Joan Baez and Marianne Faithfull singing “As Tears Go By...
- 1/27/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In his memoir Testimony, Robbie Robertson recalls the first time he played a new song called “The Weight” for Bob Dylan. “This is fantastic — who wrote that?” Dylan said. When Robertson replied that he had, Dylan “shook his head, slapped me on the arm and said, ‘Damn! You wrote that song?’” Robertson wrote.
That exchange would just be the beginning of a peculiar relationship between Dylan, Robertson and one of the most enduring standards of classic rock. Yesterday, Universal Music Publishing acquired Dylan’s catalog of 600 songs, for a price rumored to be around $400 million.
That exchange would just be the beginning of a peculiar relationship between Dylan, Robertson and one of the most enduring standards of classic rock. Yesterday, Universal Music Publishing acquired Dylan’s catalog of 600 songs, for a price rumored to be around $400 million.
- 12/8/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
In the opening scene of “Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind,” a companionable and highly entertaining documentary about the folk-pop troubadour of Canada, Lightfoot, now 81, sits at home with his wife, Kim, and watches clips of himself on Canadian television singing the 1965 song “For Lovin’ Me,” an ode to the arrogant adulterer he once was. Back when he wrote the song, Lightfoot was married, with a couple of kids. “At the time,” he recalls, “it just came out of my brain. I didn’t know what chauvinism was.” He chuckles, sheepishly, at his insensitivity. Yet looking at the clips, we see the brashness that made Lightfoot a star. In those early days, he resembled Ryan O’Neal with a hint of Nick Nolte; he had the kind of squinty rugged golden-god looks you’d see on the hero of a television Western. And even then, what he could do with a note was extraordinary.
- 7/31/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Had D.A. Pennebaker never done anything but hop a flight to London, 16mm camera in tow, and follow around a scrawny young singer who jousted with journalists, was worshipped as a frizzy-haired god and entertained himself with entourage-fueled shenanigans, he would still have secured himself a place in rock history and film history. The best-known picture of the documentarian, known as “Penny” to friends and colleagues, finds the then-39-year-old wearing a top hat, jauntily tilted to one side. A camera is hoisted on his shoulder, covering one half of his face.
- 8/4/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Aug 3, 2019
D.A. Pennebaker made truth musical and brought reality to music.
Legendary documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker died of natural causes at his home at Sag Harbor, Long Island, on August 1, according to Variety. The director and cinematographer of the 1967 Bob Dylan documentary Don’t Look Back, as well as the films Monterey Pop (1968) and The War Room (1993) was 94. He is survived by his wife, filmmaker Chris Hegedus, who was his most consistent artistic collaborator. He was working on his memoir.
Pennebaker's influence on the art of the documentary is immeasurable, but evidentiary. Paradise Lost, Making a Murderer, Fahrenheit 911 and Madonna's concert film Truth or Dare all share the D.A. DNA.
Donn Alan Pennebaker was born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 15, 1925. He was an engineer in the Naval Air Corps during World War II. Before he turned his attention to the camera, Pennebaker attended MIT and...
D.A. Pennebaker made truth musical and brought reality to music.
Legendary documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker died of natural causes at his home at Sag Harbor, Long Island, on August 1, according to Variety. The director and cinematographer of the 1967 Bob Dylan documentary Don’t Look Back, as well as the films Monterey Pop (1968) and The War Room (1993) was 94. He is survived by his wife, filmmaker Chris Hegedus, who was his most consistent artistic collaborator. He was working on his memoir.
Pennebaker's influence on the art of the documentary is immeasurable, but evidentiary. Paradise Lost, Making a Murderer, Fahrenheit 911 and Madonna's concert film Truth or Dare all share the D.A. DNA.
Donn Alan Pennebaker was born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 15, 1925. He was an engineer in the Naval Air Corps during World War II. Before he turned his attention to the camera, Pennebaker attended MIT and...
- 8/4/2019
- Den of Geek
Anyone who ever owned an album by Gordon Lightfoot might not immediately recognize the man sitting on a metal chair in a dressing room at New York’s Town Hall. These days, Lightfoot only passingly resembles the strapping, mustached, square-jawed troubadour whose ballads, like “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Early Mornin’ Rain” and “Carefree Highway,” became coffeehouse standards. He no longer perms his hair as he once did. Lanky, sandy-brown locks now fall around his face, which is clean-shaven and, like his body, thin and bony. His hands show purple splotches.
- 6/11/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Oct 9, 2018
Tell me something good, Cleveland. The Rock Hall of Fame Class of 2019 nominees vie for trip to Brooklyn.
No sleep til Brooklyn, the Beastie Boys proclaimed. And after more than a few all-nighters, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the nominees for the Class of 2019. Rufus & Chaka Kahn, Rage Against the Machine, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, the Cure, Def Leppard, Devo, Janet Jackson, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Roxy Music, John Prine, MC5, Radiohead, and the Zombies are all eligible for induction at the March 29, 2019, ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y., at Barclays Center, according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame web site. The winners will be announced in December.
To be eligible this year, each nominee's first single or album had to have been released in the year 1993 or earlier.
Stevie Nicks is on the ballot for the first time as a solo artist. Nicks was...
Tell me something good, Cleveland. The Rock Hall of Fame Class of 2019 nominees vie for trip to Brooklyn.
No sleep til Brooklyn, the Beastie Boys proclaimed. And after more than a few all-nighters, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the nominees for the Class of 2019. Rufus & Chaka Kahn, Rage Against the Machine, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, the Cure, Def Leppard, Devo, Janet Jackson, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Roxy Music, John Prine, MC5, Radiohead, and the Zombies are all eligible for induction at the March 29, 2019, ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y., at Barclays Center, according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame web site. The winners will be announced in December.
To be eligible this year, each nominee's first single or album had to have been released in the year 1993 or earlier.
Stevie Nicks is on the ballot for the first time as a solo artist. Nicks was...
- 10/9/2018
- Den of Geek
Big Brother and the Holding Company were a band before the summer of 1967. They had gigs, fans and even a full-length record ready for release. But all that early history was eclipsed after they took the stage at the Monterey Pop Festival in June for a pair of performances that transformed Janis Joplin & Co. from San Francisco scenesters to cultural giants. Joplin herself would describe the weekend as “one of the highest points of my life.” The lonely and misunderstood young woman from Texas proudly wrapped herself in her newfound...
- 8/12/2018
- by Jordan Runtagh
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Dylan turns 76 today and we’re ranking Dylan’s 10 best film performances, dating back half a century to 1967. The key word is “performances,” which encompass acting work, concert films, and documentaries. It’s often hard to know when Dylan is acting and when he’s being himself (whoever that is), but whenever the iconic singer-songwriter appears on film, one thing’s for certain: you’re watching a performance.
Bob Dylan’s ‘Don’t Look Back’ Gets Deluxe Treatment With New Blu-ray Set
For this reason, we’re lumping everything together, ranking the films based on the depth and richness of performance. It was hard not to include the televised 1965 press conference in San Francisco, which sees Dylan effortlessly (and hilariously) shoot down reporters’ attempts to have him label himself, but we limited this list to feature-length films. Don’t look for Todd Haynes’ “I’m Not There” or any...
Bob Dylan’s ‘Don’t Look Back’ Gets Deluxe Treatment With New Blu-ray Set
For this reason, we’re lumping everything together, ranking the films based on the depth and richness of performance. It was hard not to include the televised 1965 press conference in San Francisco, which sees Dylan effortlessly (and hilariously) shoot down reporters’ attempts to have him label himself, but we limited this list to feature-length films. Don’t look for Todd Haynes’ “I’m Not There” or any...
- 5/24/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Considered amongst the very greatest documentaries ever made and selected by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant,” D.A. Pennebaker‘s veritable direct cinema portrait of Bob Dylan on his 1965 tour of England is an undisputed masterpiece. Yet, after Pennebaker completed the film, he almost gave up hope of finding a distributor. In the end, the film opened at the Presidio Theater in San Francisco, then known mostly for showing porn, to rave reviews and flocks of crowds hungry to meet Bob Dylan, or a version of Dylan, riding a wave of creative energy so quick that he’s bored and already reaching for the next thing. Its no wonder why Pennebaker named the film Dont Look Back, after a quote by Satchel Paige – “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
Still rocking the solo song man, guitar, harmonica and a pair of...
Still rocking the solo song man, guitar, harmonica and a pair of...
- 12/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
D.A. Pennebaker puts cinema verité on the map with his terrific up-close docu portrait of Bob Dylan as he runs from concert appearances to hotels, cutting up with his friends, practicing with Joan Baez and giving reporters grief. Criterion's extras give us the best look yet at Pennebaker's innovative approach: don't direct, observe. Dont Look Back Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 786 1967 / B&W / 1:33 flat full frame / 96 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 24, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Bob Dylan, Donovan, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Albert Grossman Cinematography Howard Alk, Jones Alk, D.A. Pennebaker Production Designer James D. Bissell Music performed by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan, Alan Price Produced by John Court and Albert Grossman Written, Edited and Directed by D.A. Pennebaker
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
"I am not a folk singer. Do not call me a folk singer." The man who turned pop music on to socially conscious poetry is...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
"I am not a folk singer. Do not call me a folk singer." The man who turned pop music on to socially conscious poetry is...
- 11/24/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
By Hank Reineke
In a relatively infamous review, a film critic from the Atlanta Journal dismissively sniffed that Dont Look Back (that’s not a typo, there is, mysteriously, no apostrophe in the title) was little more than “the neighborhood’s biggest brat blowing his nose for ninety minutes.” This harsh sentiment was echoed by a critic from the Cleveland Plains Dealer who added the film was “certainly not for moviegoers who bathe and/or shave.” Time, of course, has proven such histrionic appraisals of this very significant film to be entirely wide of the mark. Most film scholars now regard Donn Allen (D.A.) Pennebaker’s gritty and grainy opus as the first true masterwork of rock music documentary filmmaking.
Though some of the earliest reviews were clearly nonplussed with Pennebaker’s maverick “direct cinema” style of filmmaking, most of the critical scorn was reserved for the movie’s principal figure,...
In a relatively infamous review, a film critic from the Atlanta Journal dismissively sniffed that Dont Look Back (that’s not a typo, there is, mysteriously, no apostrophe in the title) was little more than “the neighborhood’s biggest brat blowing his nose for ninety minutes.” This harsh sentiment was echoed by a critic from the Cleveland Plains Dealer who added the film was “certainly not for moviegoers who bathe and/or shave.” Time, of course, has proven such histrionic appraisals of this very significant film to be entirely wide of the mark. Most film scholars now regard Donn Allen (D.A.) Pennebaker’s gritty and grainy opus as the first true masterwork of rock music documentary filmmaking.
Though some of the earliest reviews were clearly nonplussed with Pennebaker’s maverick “direct cinema” style of filmmaking, most of the critical scorn was reserved for the movie’s principal figure,...
- 11/22/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Watch the world premiere of the latest Bob Dylan music video, "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," exclusively at IFC.com.
As if capturing a momentous period in Bob Dylan's career and crafting one of the best and earliest examples of a major cinematic movement -- cinema vérité -- with "Dont Look Back" weren't monumental achievements enough, D.A. Pennebaker began his seminal film with what would be recognized decades later as perhaps the first music video. Ironically, this opening sequence, set to Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," is one of several instances in the film where Pennebaker strays from the tenets of vérité: in an overtly staged performance (which in fact was shot in alternate takes in two other locales) with Dylan playing to the camera, the singer/songwriter lets a series of placards do his lip-synching for him. In a wide-legged stance, boards with various lyrics and riffs on lyrics (written...
As if capturing a momentous period in Bob Dylan's career and crafting one of the best and earliest examples of a major cinematic movement -- cinema vérité -- with "Dont Look Back" weren't monumental achievements enough, D.A. Pennebaker began his seminal film with what would be recognized decades later as perhaps the first music video. Ironically, this opening sequence, set to Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," is one of several instances in the film where Pennebaker strays from the tenets of vérité: in an overtly staged performance (which in fact was shot in alternate takes in two other locales) with Dylan playing to the camera, the singer/songwriter lets a series of placards do his lip-synching for him. In a wide-legged stance, boards with various lyrics and riffs on lyrics (written...
- 5/12/2009
- by Michelle Orange
- ifc.com
Pennebaker-Hegedus Films
More than four decades into his performing career, Bob Dylan has become a veritable film genre unto himself.
On the heels of Todd Haynes' cinematic fantasia "I'm Not There" and Murray Lerner's recently seen The Other Side of the Mirror is this assemblage of outtakes from D.A. Pennebaker's landmark documentary "Don't Look Back." While 65 Revisited, which runs a little more than an hour, essentially feels like the DVD extra it was designed to be, it nonetheless well deserves its exposure on the big screen. It is receiving its theatrical premiere engagement at New York's IFC Center.
The chief stylistic difference between the previous film and this one is that 65 Revisited pays more attention to the music. While "Don't Look Back" mainly featured truncated performances and snippets, this effort features full renditions, onstage and off, of several Dylan classics and some relative obscurities.
Thus, we are treated to stunning onstage performances by the shaggy-haired performer (who bears a striking resemblance to Cate Blanchett) of such songs as "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and more casual renditions of numbers like "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and Laddie (the latter a duet with Joan Baez.)
There also are more scenes of the singer interacting with worshipful fans and members of the press, though in this footage he mostly displays a more lighthearted, less surly demeanor. Among the other figures on prominent display are Baez, tour manager Bob Neuwirth, Dylan's manager Albert Grossman, and in a cameo, Nico.
Particularly fun is the film's capper, a rooftop-set variation of the classic cue-card flipping routine during "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
More than four decades into his performing career, Bob Dylan has become a veritable film genre unto himself.
On the heels of Todd Haynes' cinematic fantasia "I'm Not There" and Murray Lerner's recently seen The Other Side of the Mirror is this assemblage of outtakes from D.A. Pennebaker's landmark documentary "Don't Look Back." While 65 Revisited, which runs a little more than an hour, essentially feels like the DVD extra it was designed to be, it nonetheless well deserves its exposure on the big screen. It is receiving its theatrical premiere engagement at New York's IFC Center.
The chief stylistic difference between the previous film and this one is that 65 Revisited pays more attention to the music. While "Don't Look Back" mainly featured truncated performances and snippets, this effort features full renditions, onstage and off, of several Dylan classics and some relative obscurities.
Thus, we are treated to stunning onstage performances by the shaggy-haired performer (who bears a striking resemblance to Cate Blanchett) of such songs as "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and more casual renditions of numbers like "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and Laddie (the latter a duet with Joan Baez.)
There also are more scenes of the singer interacting with worshipful fans and members of the press, though in this footage he mostly displays a more lighthearted, less surly demeanor. Among the other figures on prominent display are Baez, tour manager Bob Neuwirth, Dylan's manager Albert Grossman, and in a cameo, Nico.
Particularly fun is the film's capper, a rooftop-set variation of the classic cue-card flipping routine during "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
- 12/5/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Feast your eyes folks on the legend of Bob Dylan. The Weinstein Company have released the trailer for one of the most anticipated films this year brought to you by the genius of Todd Haynes. Moments away from its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its subsequent showing at Tiff, I'm Not There is a six degrees of Dylan via actors Christian Bale, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere , Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw and actress Cate Blanchett will be launched on November 21.2007 and will receive a site specific release at NYC’s Film Forum theater. So now...how does it feel? “Inspired By The Music And Many Lives Of Bob Dylan” reads the opening title. Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale all take a crack at him; Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams and Charlotte Gainsbourg appear as some of his women. But it is Blanchett as
- 8/21/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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