We end our week cut the film with something of a rarity. I'm not supposed to be is the story of Bob Dylan, but this is her story as she has never been told before.
First of all, Dylan himself never appears in the film, in person or character. In fact, some of the events described never happened, many are deliberately bizarre, and the film is the story of six distinct, sometimes overlapping and offend the other.
And 'fair to say that there has never been this much biopic.
To get your head around I'm not there, it is important to understand that this is not meant to be a simple explanation of Dylan's life. On the contrary, it is irresponsible to examine the myth of Dylan told the stories of young people used the imagery of the texts - everything is shot as if it was the 60 th century experimental art film.
The result is that Dylan fans will love the jokes, held faithfully reproduced, reconstructions of occasional concerts and ideas in the mind of the great man - for the rest of us, however, sometimes resulting in exactly Dylan the type of solvent self-consciousness is caught from time to time.
The six stories I have told the same time, but they follow a basic timeline that shows the artist at different stages of his life. Remember, these are very impressionistic versions of Dylan's life and art - do not expect everyone to be truthful.
To begin, we see an African American boy, named after the musician Woody Guthrie (yes, it's always supposed to be Bob Dylan - if I do not think he ever went so far as to claim that the 'used to be black). Woody (Marcus Carl Franklin) rides on freight trains teams while playing his own version of the blues throughout America. He is constantly on the run, and it seems to belong to an earlier era of American blues and folk.
So, we have Arthur Rimbaud (not the writer's true, but the version of Dylan's Rimbaud, who calls himself - if they have no sense). Rimbaud (Ben Whishaw), sits in the interrogation room, and wax lyrical of his life and beliefs, which provides a narrative of some parts of the film.
Then we have Jack Rollins (Christian Bale), a folk singer and songwriter of protest. Rollins own story echoes of Dylan in the '60s, and it is one of the closest character to both the artist through its narrative arc and its image. Rollins will appear later in the film too, as the Rev. John, a born again Christian (again, reflecting the clean conversion of Dylan in the '70s).
There is Robbie Clark (Heath Ledger), an actress who began her career playing Jack Rollins on the big screen (yes, this film is really self-referential). We see Clark's marriage fall apart when it reaches a higher degree of glory and give us a version of Dylan's own troubled personal life.
Then Jude Quinn (Cate Blanchett), another popular singer, but this time the transition to electric guitars and rock away from the fans on the road. Judas is the closest to a simple representation of Dylan, Cate Blanchett is worth noting that was nominated for an Oscar for his performance - not bad for a woman playing one of the most iconic male stars of the twentieth century.
And finally we have Billy the Kid (Richard Gere). Yes, Billy the Kid. I noticed it was a very impressionistic interpretation of Dylan's life. Billy is a quiet life in the county of Riddle, until he discovers that the road will be built directly through the center of their community by none other than his former jailer Pat Garrett. Garrett Billy locks, but he escapes and jumps on a freight train out of town - where he met Woody Guthrie's guitar battered old ...
If this sounds like a lot to understand in a meeting, so - especially if you are not already familiar with Dylan's personal mythology. In fact, you stand wondering what I'm not there about as there are very few indications of his intentions on the screen and the interweaving storylines more than they clarify confusing. Dylan fans will love to analyze every little detail, but the rest of us can find a little too exclusive and self-indulgent.
Fortunately, some good performances that, except in the end, even if you are unable to continue their exploration dense Dylan-lore of their distribution are talented enough to entertain us. Blanchett as Jude is excellent, although their performance sometimes flashes on the edge of caricature, while Ledger as Robbie Clark also shines, the young actor, but disillusioned - a role that is even more relevant given its own tragic history. Be careful and Julianne Moore in a brief appearance, but that was repeated as Alice Fabian, a character loosely based on Joan Baez.
If you know the key code of Dylan while the density of the image in the same I am not here going to keep you busy for hours while trying to unravel the metaphorical exploration of one of our most enigmatic rock star. If you are not a fan of Dylan, however, so the answer is just keep blowing in the wind.
First of all, Dylan himself never appears in the film, in person or character. In fact, some of the events described never happened, many are deliberately bizarre, and the film is the story of six distinct, sometimes overlapping and offend the other.
And 'fair to say that there has never been this much biopic.
To get your head around I'm not there, it is important to understand that this is not meant to be a simple explanation of Dylan's life. On the contrary, it is irresponsible to examine the myth of Dylan told the stories of young people used the imagery of the texts - everything is shot as if it was the 60 th century experimental art film.
The result is that Dylan fans will love the jokes, held faithfully reproduced, reconstructions of occasional concerts and ideas in the mind of the great man - for the rest of us, however, sometimes resulting in exactly Dylan the type of solvent self-consciousness is caught from time to time.
The six stories I have told the same time, but they follow a basic timeline that shows the artist at different stages of his life. Remember, these are very impressionistic versions of Dylan's life and art - do not expect everyone to be truthful.
To begin, we see an African American boy, named after the musician Woody Guthrie (yes, it's always supposed to be Bob Dylan - if I do not think he ever went so far as to claim that the 'used to be black). Woody (Marcus Carl Franklin) rides on freight trains teams while playing his own version of the blues throughout America. He is constantly on the run, and it seems to belong to an earlier era of American blues and folk.
So, we have Arthur Rimbaud (not the writer's true, but the version of Dylan's Rimbaud, who calls himself - if they have no sense). Rimbaud (Ben Whishaw), sits in the interrogation room, and wax lyrical of his life and beliefs, which provides a narrative of some parts of the film.
Then we have Jack Rollins (Christian Bale), a folk singer and songwriter of protest. Rollins own story echoes of Dylan in the '60s, and it is one of the closest character to both the artist through its narrative arc and its image. Rollins will appear later in the film too, as the Rev. John, a born again Christian (again, reflecting the clean conversion of Dylan in the '70s).
There is Robbie Clark (Heath Ledger), an actress who began her career playing Jack Rollins on the big screen (yes, this film is really self-referential). We see Clark's marriage fall apart when it reaches a higher degree of glory and give us a version of Dylan's own troubled personal life.
Then Jude Quinn (Cate Blanchett), another popular singer, but this time the transition to electric guitars and rock away from the fans on the road. Judas is the closest to a simple representation of Dylan, Cate Blanchett is worth noting that was nominated for an Oscar for his performance - not bad for a woman playing one of the most iconic male stars of the twentieth century.
And finally we have Billy the Kid (Richard Gere). Yes, Billy the Kid. I noticed it was a very impressionistic interpretation of Dylan's life. Billy is a quiet life in the county of Riddle, until he discovers that the road will be built directly through the center of their community by none other than his former jailer Pat Garrett. Garrett Billy locks, but he escapes and jumps on a freight train out of town - where he met Woody Guthrie's guitar battered old ...
If this sounds like a lot to understand in a meeting, so - especially if you are not already familiar with Dylan's personal mythology. In fact, you stand wondering what I'm not there about as there are very few indications of his intentions on the screen and the interweaving storylines more than they clarify confusing. Dylan fans will love to analyze every little detail, but the rest of us can find a little too exclusive and self-indulgent.
Fortunately, some good performances that, except in the end, even if you are unable to continue their exploration dense Dylan-lore of their distribution are talented enough to entertain us. Blanchett as Jude is excellent, although their performance sometimes flashes on the edge of caricature, while Ledger as Robbie Clark also shines, the young actor, but disillusioned - a role that is even more relevant given its own tragic history. Be careful and Julianne Moore in a brief appearance, but that was repeated as Alice Fabian, a character loosely based on Joan Baez.
If you know the key code of Dylan while the density of the image in the same I am not here going to keep you busy for hours while trying to unravel the metaphorical exploration of one of our most enigmatic rock star. If you are not a fan of Dylan, however, so the answer is just keep blowing in the wind.
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