The Artist: Bob Dylan
The Doc: The fact that Martin Scorsese was at the helm of this doc ensured that film buffs sat up and took notice. Rather than covering the folk hero's entire life, No Direction Home focuses on the period 1961 to 1966 (the documentary still clocks in at a whopping three-and-a-half hours though).
Scorsese ensures that this history lesson flies by, as he works his way through footage compiled by Dylan's manager Jeff Rosen, which included interviews with Dylan's contemporaries, a ten-hour sit-down with the man himself, and newly-discovered archive footage.
This arguably covers Dylan's most interesting period, as he goes from folk singer to generation's icon, but you needn't be a Dylan devotee to enjoy this one, as it provides as engrossing a look into the (counter) culture of the 60s as it does into Dylan's career.
Musical Highlight: 'House of the Risin' Sun' adds a haunting atmosphere to any soundtrack.
Encore? Whack on the DVD's second disc for more interviews and rare footage of live tracks.
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Hadouken76
Jul 1st 2010, 15:15
Flight 666, lets face it you wont see Bono pilotting the tour plane any time soon and I recently saw a 4 hour doc on Tom Petty, i didnt like Tom Petty but I do now!
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stomachpop
Jul 4th 2010, 15:33
The Flaming Lips doc 'The Fearless Freaks' is amazing! Put together with years worth of footage featuring some truly strange and interesting characters....or there is always the ace bio 'Hated' about GG Allen, frontman for the The Murder Jumkies, not only do we see him brawl with fans and roll around in his own faeces but the footage of his final concert where he runs naked from the cops and emerges from a window with a needle hanging from his arm is surely the spirit of rock and roll captured on film!
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