I was not a big fan back in the day. I was more of a Petula Clake, Beatles and
Monkeeys kid. I am sure my wife will like this movie.
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> On Jan 26, 2025, at 1:15 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> We went to see A Complete Unknown; a biography of Bob Dylan. It did not
> attempt to do a very large portion of his life; just the years roughly
> 1961-1965. In the beginning he was very much in his folk-music formative
> years, and as his popularity grew the film depicts his frustration with the
> fame that he was not prepared for. It culminates at the 1965 Newport Folk
> Festival where he broke out with band and an electric guitar. Really struck a
> chord (no pun intended) with me as I was a teenager in 1965 and I distinctly
> recall the major controversy when he "went electric".
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> The actors all did their own singing and instrument playing. Kudos for not
> trying to emulate Dylan too closely, but instead doing a resonable facsimile.
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> I give it 4 stars. My only complaint was that much of the audio was much too
> loud and drowned out a lot of the dialogue; especially when Dylan was doing
> his trademark mumbling.
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