The film that gives rockumentaries a good name.
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01/29/08
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back (1967)
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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 15 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 32 mins
Synopsis: A raucous and intimate road movie of Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, DON'T LOOK BACK may be the most influential rock star documentary of all time. D.A. Pennebaker's trademark cinema verité approach, with its comprehensive perspective, captures the paradoxical Dylan in alternating... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Albert Grossman
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The film's greatest incidental pleasures are images of a time when outlaw musicians wore suit jackets and the craggy Dylan was a delicate, unconventionally handsome young man.
01/29/08
D.A. Pennebaker's 1967 record of Bob Dylan's 1965 English tour is a genuine blast from the past, evoking the 60s like few other documents.
01/29/08
An unforgettable all-access pass behind the scenes of Bob Dylan's '65 British tour, D.A. Pennebaker's landmark 1967 rock doc all but invented the form while presaging the music video.
01/29/08
Whether one is a member of the under-30 set that regards Mr. Dylan as a spokesman, or one of the vanishing Americans over that age, this look into the life of a folk hero is likely to be both entertaining and occasionally disturbing.
05/21/03
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Great stuff for Dylan fans or anyone interested in a street level look at a pop culture icon.
12/08/02
Easily one of the best documentaries on any subject ever made. It is also one of the most cinematically influential.
01/01/00
As Pennebaker's film clearly shows, one thing hasn't changed: Dylan only asks questions. You provide the answers.
01/01/00
D.A. Pennebaker's 1967 film, which invented the rock documentary, is a time capsule from the period when Sgt. Pepper was steamrolling Mr. Tambourine Man.
01/01/00
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