Product Description
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BOB DYLAN: DONT LOOK BACK--65 TOUR DELUXE EDITION is the
ultimate look at Bob Dylan's concert tour of England in the
spring of 1965--one of the most profiles of an artist
ever put to film. This definitive set includes the remastered
classic film by D.A. Pennebaker, a brand-new, hour-long look at
Dylan, and the original 168-page companion book to the film. More
than just a concert film, DONT LOOK BACK is a window into the
spirit of the 60s, and one of the poet-musicians whose words and
songs defined it.
DISC 1: BOB DYLAN DONT LOOK BACK
This digitally-remastered version of the cinema verite classic
follows Dylan on his extraordinary 1965 concert tour of
England--his last as an acoustic performer. With unobtrusive
equipment and rare access to Dylan, legendary filmmaker D.A.
Pennebaker achieved an unprecedented, fly-on-the-wall glimpse of
one of music's most influential figures--and redefined filmmaking
along the way.
DISC 2: BOB DYLAN 65 REVISITED
Forty years after the release of DONT LOOK BACK, D.A. Pennebaker
ahs created this new work culled from over 20 hours of
never-before-seen rare footage from his personal archive of film
negatives. Raw and unassuming, '65 REVISITED provides a fresh
perspective of the young Dylan on the road during his 1965
English tour.
BONUS - DONT LOOK BACK COMPANION BOOK & FLIPBOOK
Originally published in 1968, the 168-page companion book
features a complete transcription of the film, over 200 photos,
and a new forward by D.A. Pennebaker. The collectible
Subterranean Home Blues flipbook provides a frame-by-frame
look at the film's famed 'cue-card' sequence, considered by many
to be the first contemporary music video.
DVD Features Include:
Five Additional Uncut Audio Tracks; Two Commentaries by D.A.
Pennebaker and tour road manager Bob Neuwirth; Alternate Version
of the Subterranean Home Blues Cue Card Sequence; Original
Theatrical Trailer; D.A. Pennebaker Filmography; Bob Dylan
Discography; Cast and Crew Biographies
Review
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The first and best pop documentary of its kind... a masterpiece
of all-access portraiture. --Rolling Stone
The most unfiltered look ever at a rock star. --GQ Magazine
The film... remains a mesmerizing document. --Entertainment
Weekly
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A second disc with more than an hour's worth of previously
unseen footage is the main appeal of this latest reissue of Don't
Look Back, D. A. Pennebaker's seminal Bob Dylan documentary--and
for Dylan completists, it will likely prove very appealing
indeed. Of course, the outtakes come from the same material that
comprised the original release, filmed during the artist's 1965
British concert tour. Yet a slightly different Dylan is revealed
here. He seems to be "acting" (Pennebaker's word) less; he's less
caustic and willfully enigmatic, and considerably more
accommodating to and genuine with his fans (which may reveal as
much about the filmmaker's previous editing choices as about
Dylan himself). Best of all is the inclusion of heretofore
unreleased music; we see Dylan fooling around with "It Takes a
Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and "I'll Keep It with
Mine" on the piano, as well as concert performances of "It Ain't
Me, Babe," "If You Gotta Go," "To Ramona," and others. Entitled
Bob Dylan 65 Revisited, the disc is bolstered by commentary by
Pennebaker and then-road manager Bob Neuwirth.
First released on DVD in 2000, Don't Look Back itself remains an
interesting if somewhat self-conscious look at Dylan in the midst
of his final all-acoustic tour (when the film was released in
'67, he had already, and controversially, plugged in his Fender
Stratocaster). His adversarial relationship with the press,
fueled both by their often-moronic questions and his deliberate
self-mythologizing, his interactions with then-paramour Joan
Baez, Donovan (Dylan actually seems less scornful of the folk
singer than wary of him), and others, implacable manager Albert
Grossman's business dealings, and all the rest of the material
prove no less fascinating than was the case four decades ago.
This Deluxe Edition includes not only a Pennebaker-Neuwirth
commentary track, discographies, and such, but also a book
containing a complete transcription of the film and an
entertaining frame-by-frame flipbook of the "Subterranean
Home Blues" cue card sequence (two alternate versions of the
sequence are contained in the set, neither nearly as good as the
official one). --Sam Graham
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