In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth centurys greatest artists, dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated jousts with journalists, and kicks back with his fellow musicians. Bob dylan s influence on popular music is incalculable. Dont look back is a 1967 american documentary film by d. Besser geht es kaum rezension aus deutschland vom 21. Pennebaker that covers bob dylan s 1965 concert tour in england in 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress as being deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Pennebakers dont look back follows four weeks of bob dylan s solo acoustic tour across england in 1965.
Bob dylan tonight ill be staying here with you 1969 them its all over now baby blue 1966 waylon jennings dont think twice its alright 1964. In 2014, the british film institutes authoritative poll of movie industry experts ranked dont look back as one of the 10 best documentaries of all. Originally published in 1968, the 168page companion book features a complete transcription of the film, over 200 photos, and a new forward by d. Bob dylan setlist at woody guthrie tribute concert 1968.
Pennebaker documentary that chronicles bob dylan on a picaresque british concert tour, the new york times wrote, it will be a good joke on us. View the statistics of songs played live by bob dylan. Dylan had performed solo on his british tour of 1965, the subject of or at least the setting for d. Bob dylan meets some gypsy fans dont look back 1967 criterion collection duration. Pennebakers definitive classic chronicles bob dylan s 1965 tour of england in a groundbreaking, flyonthewall look at an enigmatic icon poised between rock star and reluctant prophet. In 1959 he entered the university of minnesota and began performing as. Tv and movies how many documentaries have you seen. The same year dont look back was released in theaters, pennebaker worked. He will be best remembered for his 1965 documentary dont look back, in which he follows bob dylan on what would prove to be his final acoustic tour of the uk. Rock legend robbie robertson remembers his brothers in.
Nor is the film a concert picture, with very few live numbers captured in their entirety, and more than half of the film following dylan backs. Neverbeforeseen outtakes from dont look back offer further glimpse into bob dylan s historic 1965 tour. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalists role in popular. Songs of bob dylan, joan baez sings love is just a fourletter word, a song dylan has never officially released. Cheap and uncomplicated no problems with the freight vom britain to germany. Have a look which song was played how often in 1968. Patti smith on bob dylan and dont look back duration. A good documentary will make you laugh, cry, and probably learn more than you ever did in school. Pennebaker accompanied bob dylan to england to make a film about the singersongwriters british tour. Pennebaker that covers bob dylan s 1965 concert tour in england. The director and cinematographer of the 1967 bob dylan documentary dont look back, as well as the films monterey pop 1968 and the war room 1993 was 94. Special edition celebrating the work of bob dylan, we learn how to do a bob impersonation, look at bob in country, punk, garage and wigwam contexts the playlist. Documentary covering bob dylans 1965 tour of england, which. Pennebaker, a pioneer of documentary filmmaking, dead.
At that point in england, donovan was being heralded as the new bob dylan. Six years later the family moved to hibbing, often the coldest place in the us, where he taught himself piano and guitar and formed several high school rock bands. He called me awhile back and he said, they wanted to use me and some of our early stuff in the film, so they need me to look at it to sign off on it. Pennebakers bob dylan documentary dont look back, a dylan. Dont look back 65 tour deluxe edition is the ultimate look at bob dylan s concert tour of england in the spring of 1965one of. In the same year, he appeared in the film dont look back, which followed bob dylan on tour. Shop dont look back the criterion collection bluray. Barbarella, 1968,czechoslovakia black and white lobby card showing barbarella and pygar, 20 x 25cm, framed and glazed.
The box comes also with a book of the dont look back dialogue in transcript form, and has pictures from the film in it. It is alderson who notes that many of the uk concerts were, in fact, filmed by howard alk. Virtually absent are the standard documentary conventions of archival or interview footage. Dylan would later again use dont look back, this time in its imperative form. Hates being questioned, as the questions are in the. This influential and intimate film, dont look back, originally released in 1967, became the gold standard for music documentaries and helped to define the genre. Its handheld blackandwhite images and oftengritty london backdrops suggest cinematic extensions of the archetypal monochrome portraits that graced dylan s career. With bob dylan, albert grossman, bob neuwirth, joan baez. So do not think this is a blu ray dvd in the sense that you get the movie in both formats just the bonus. All of his tapes are what comprise the 36cd box set bob dylan. Dylan wrote more than 500 songs recorded by more than 2,000 artists.
He is bob all the time, never gives stupid answers to anyone. Pennebakers camera follows him from airport to hall, from hotel room to public house, from conversation to concert. One is dont look back and the other is one of outtakes from dont look back both with commentaries, that can be turned on or off. The legendary documentarian finds dylan in england during his 1965 tour. Joan baez sings bob dylan 1965 percys song, love is. Download dont think twice its all right bob dylan the early years the. Finland 9 december 1990 tv premiere japan 15 august 1992. Learn more about his life, his artistry, and his accolades. Indeed, those who consider dylan a lone, ethical figure standing up against the phonies will discover, after seeing this film, that they have lost their hero. After the gruelling world tour of 1966 and his motorcycle accident, the singer had. With unobtrusive equipment and rare access to the elusive performer, he achieved a flyonthewall glimpse of one of the most influential musicians of all time. Dont look back was real, you saw the bob i love, not a second of feeling he was putting on an act. While making concert films in the 1960s, he helped to conceptualize a protoform of the music video.
Guarda bob dylan dont look back parte naq evius su dailymotion. In 1967, he enjoyed singles success with the randy newman song simon smith and his amazing dancing bear and the house that jack built, following it up in 1968 with the jazzy dont stop the carnival. Guarda bob dylan dont look back parte naq evius su. Dont look back, bob dylan and the invention of the rockumentary da pennebakers landmark film is being celebrated with its own exhibition, and more than 50.
Robert allen zimmerman was born 24 may 1941 in duluth, minnesota. Dont look back, bob dylan and the invention of the. Bob dylan dont look back 65 tour deluxe edition dvd 2007. Among pennebakers several camera operators were fellow documentarians richard leacock and albert maysles. Pennebaker that documents the monterey pop festival of 1967. Nothing was delivered is a song written by bob dylan that was originally recorded by dylan and the band in the fall of 1967 during the sessions that generated the basement tapes. The song was first released by the byrds on their 1968 album sweetheart of the rodeo. Dont look back ist ein dokumentarfilm des usamerikanischen regisseurs d. Dont look back, bob dylan and the invention of the rockumentary. On the cusp of his incarnation as a rocknroll icon, dylan exhibits an eerie confidence and selfpossession on stage. Lots of great video of just what life is like on the road.
Dont look back is a fascinating exercise in selfrevelation carried out by bob dylan and friends. A collection of rare outtakes and performances from d a pennebakers 1965 classic dont look back. Bob dylan, american folksinger who moved from folk to rock music in the 1960s, infusing the lyrics of rock and roll with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry. In spring, 1965, bob dylan, 23, a pixyish troubador, spends three weeks in england. The painter brice marden has an assistant camera credit, and bob neuwirth, who figured prominently in pennebakers bob dylan documentary dont look back, acted as stage manager. Dont look back 1967 starring bob dylan and joan baez on dvd and bluray. Pennebaker captured bob dylan holding index cards with words from subterranean homesick blues at the start of the apostropheless 1967 classic dont look back. The 1992 satire film bob roberts includes several scenes that are influenced by the movie. Bob dylan is captured onscreen as he never would be again in this groundbreaking film from d.
Get the bob dylan setlist of the concert at carnegie hall, new york, ny, usa on january 20, 1968 and other bob dylan setlists for free on. This is bob dylan dont look back clip by ding dong on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. For bob dylan, 1968 was a year of withdrawal and rural domesticity. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singersongwriter to winding, hallucinatory, streamofconsciousness narratives. Hailed as one of the best documentaries about a performing artist ever created, dont look back is more than a view into an extraordinary concert tour bob dylan. Im not there is a film that dramatizes the life and music of bob dylan as a series of shifting personae, each performed by a different actorpoet, prophet, o. Pennebakers dont look back follows bob dylan on his 1965 tour of britain. Tito burns albert grossman derroll adams alan price. Baez later toured with dylan as a performer on his rolling thunder revue in 197576, and sang four songs with him on the live album of the tour, bob dylan live 1975, the rolling.