Bob Dylan - No Direction Home

every now and then on a quite night i pull out this 2 disc DVD set again and enjoy watching the beginnings of a young musical poet and can't help comparing to where he is now and the friends he left on the road. some of the interviewees have passed away before or after the release of the film/dvd. Dave van Ronk never had a chance to see it and his book "The Governor of MacDougal" was posthumously released. Harald Leventhal died just days after i bought the DVDs. Maria Muldaur, meanwhile, has released Bob Dylan's "Moonlight" on her album "Love Wants To Dance" and on her album "Heart of Mine" which she produced and belongs to the Dylan Cover Songs category.

Interesting is also the list of record sleeves shown in the film about how often the song "Blowin' In The Wind" had already been covered in the early 60s, a song of which i in my youth always thought was a traditional song.

every movie for me has favorite and not so favorite scenes, but my most favorite scene in this film is where Maria Muldaur explains after the "Newport Folk Festival" event that she saw him sitting there alone in the corner and she went up to him asking if he'd like to dance and Bob Dylan replied "I'd love to dance with you, Maria, but my hands are of fire." i guess that's THE statement in the movie ... well, at least for me.

JohPWilbrand

Bought this as a gift for my Dylan-obsessed brother and ended up with three generations becoming devotees after watching it. What a great retrospective - and long! Definitely delivers ...

There is no queation; Bob Dylan is The Man and this hasn't changed for over 40 years. With him as the subject and Scorsese directing, the result is an incredible experience. For even marginal Dylan fans, this is a must have for your DVD collection.

I received this item BRAND NEW for Christmas and the tabby things that hold the DVD in place are broken. I'm going to try to get a new, undamaged copy, but we shall see....

Scorsese, an unabashed fan, reveals the real Dylan. His camera lens does not blink and Bob appears as himself. Yes, we all know his is a living icon but his too, too solid flesh is real. Not surprisingly, under the bright lights and microscope of Scorsese's documentation, Bobbie (as Joan Baez calls him)is still way cool.