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With my comprehensive exam coming up in four days (yikes!), I had to go back to my late night movie routine, so I went and watched "I'm not there" and truly enjoyed it! I've already written about other movies I've seen about Bob Dylan's life and career. This one though, was different. It's not a documentary, not even a real biography. Todd Haynes has made this amazing mix of different story lines, each inspired by "music and many lives of Bob Dylan"... If you know Dylan, his songs, and some important turning points in his musical and personal life, you'll immensely enjoy this film. Otherwise you might end up all confused and frustrated after watching a long movie about some crazy characters. I definitely recommend watching "no direction home" before going to see this movie.
I can write about each and every character in the movie, but it will be too long and you gotta watch the movie for yourself anyway. I just have to say that Cate Blanchett's performance was FREAKIN' AWESOME...
Soundtrack is great too, of course! (Duh!!!) The soundtrack that's out in the stores has all cover songs of Dylan performed by other artists. In the movie though, most songs are originals. Here's a favorite song of mine and many others.
On a side note: DO NOT, under any circumstances, watch August Rush! terrible movie!
6 comments:
Does your post implicitly suggest I should skip "I'm not There" and watch "August Rush"? ;)
mehdimk,
:D on the contrary, I think you should definitely watch I'm not there, but after you watch no direction home! You gotta get into the loop man!!
mohammad, I actually went because I was tricked by the trailer... the story line is so childish, and not in a good way... it was supposed to be like a fairytale, but turned out so weak, with mediocre music (and the movie was supposed to be ABOUT music)... so I say definitely wait for the DVD or even better, download it!
The New Yorker had a mixed review of the movie, basically saying one should know Dylan,his life, and his music to enjoy it. But when an avid Dylan fan recommends it, it becomes a must-see....
PS: Good luck on the exam....
Thanks Hossein :) ... I also agree that you have to know Dylan and his music to enjoy the movie.
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