certainly lives up to its title. You are hardly closer to understanding the soul of after watching more than two hours of this moody look at America91裸聊视频檚 most enigmatic troubadour. But that91裸聊视频檚 not the point of biopic: It91裸聊视频檚 not who Dylan is but what he does to us.
Mangold 91裸聊视频� who directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Jay Cocks 91裸聊视频� doesn91裸聊视频檛 do a traditional cradle-to-the-near-grave treatment. He concentrates on the few crucial years between when Dylan arrived in New York in 1961 and when he blew the doors off the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 by adding a Fender Stratocaster.
That means we never learn anything about Dylan before he arrives in Manhattan91裸聊视频檚 Greenwich Village with a guitar, a wool-lined bomber jacket, a fisherman91裸聊视频檚 cap and ambition. And Dylan being Dylan, we just get scraps after that.
The world spins around him, Women fall in love with him, musicians seek his orbit, fans demand his autograph, record executives fight over his signature. The melds into the and the What does Dylan make of all this? The answer is blowing in the wind.
Any sane actor would run away from this assignment. Not , and 91裸聊视频淎 Complete Unknown91裸聊视频� is his most ambitious work to date, asking him not only to play insecure-within-a-sneer but also to play and sing 40 songs in Dylan91裸聊视频檚 unmistakable growl, complete with blustery harmonica. Daniel Craig has been called brave for his role this awards season in Try playing 91裸聊视频淪ubterranean Homesick Blues91裸聊视频� in front of a crowd.
The last big non-documentary attempt to understand Dylan was Todd Haynes91裸聊视频� which split the assignment among seven actors. Chalamet does it all, moving from callow, fresh-faced songsmith to arrogant, selfish New Yorker to jaded, staggering pop star to Angry Young Man. There are moments when Chalamet tilts his head down and looks at the world slyly, like Princess Diana. There are others when the resemblance is uncanny, but also moments when it is a tad forced. You cannot deny he91裸聊视频檚 got the essence of Dylan down, though.
The movie91裸聊视频檚 title is pulled from Dylan91裸聊视频檚 lyrics for 91裸聊视频淟ike a Rolling Stone91裸聊视频� and it91裸聊视频檚 adapted from Elijah Wald91裸聊视频檚 book 91裸聊视频淒ylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties.91裸聊视频� Dylan isn91裸聊视频檛 a producer but did consult on the script.
It91裸聊视频檚 not the most glowing profile, though the sheer brilliance of the songs 91裸聊视频� so many the movie might be deemed a musical 91裸聊视频� show Dylan91裸聊视频檚 undeniable genius. Chalamet91裸聊视频檚 Dylan is unfaithful, jealous and puckish. The movie suggests that adding electric guitar at Newport in 91裸聊视频�65 was less a brave stand for music91裸聊视频檚 evolution than a middle finger to anyone who dared put him in a box.
In some ways, 91裸聊视频淎 Complete Unknown91裸聊视频� uses some of the DNA from 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 Not There.91裸聊视频� The best clues to what91裸聊视频檚 going on behind Dylan91裸聊视频檚 shades are the refracted light from others, like Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and a girlfriend called Sylvie Russo, based on Dylan91裸聊视频檚 ex Suze Rotolo, who is pictured on 196391裸聊视频檚 album cover for 91裸聊视频淭he Freewheelin91裸聊视频� Bob Dylan.91裸聊视频�
is a hangdog Seeger hoping to harness Dylan for the goodness of folk, astonished by his talent. Monica Barbaro is a revelation as Baez, Dylan91裸聊视频檚 on-again-off-again paramour. Boyd Holbrook is a sharklike, disrupting Cash, with the movie91裸聊视频檚 best line: 91裸聊视频淢ake some noise, B.D. Track some mud on the carpet.91裸聊视频� And Elle Fanning is captivating as Russo, the sweetheart sucked into this crazy rock drama.
It91裸聊视频檚 Baez and Russo who dig the deepest into trying to find out who Dylan is. They don91裸聊视频檛 buy his stories about learning from the carnival and call him on his facade-building. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 know you,91裸聊视频� Russo says, calling him a 91裸聊视频渕ysterious minstrel91裸聊视频� and urging him to 91裸聊视频淪top hiding.91裸聊视频� Too late, sister.
There are some lovely moments, especially the morning after Baez spends the night and she wakes to him working on 91裸聊视频淏lowin91裸聊视频� in the Wind.91裸聊视频� They spar a bit (he calls her songs 91裸聊视频渙il paintings at a dentist office,91裸聊视频� and she calls him worse than a jerk) but they come together on the side of his bed in their underwear, he fumbling through what will be one of the greatest protest songs in history, and she supplying delicate harmony.
Mangold 91裸聊视频� who directed the Cash biopic 91裸聊视频淲alk the Line91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� is always good with music and clearly loves being in this world. There91裸聊视频檚 one scene that initially puzzles 91裸聊视频� Dylan stops on the street to buy a toy whistle 91裸聊视频� and you wonder why the director has wasted our time. Then we see Dylan pull it out at the top of the recording of 91裸聊视频淗ighway 61 Revisited91裸聊视频� and suddenly it answers all those years of wondering what that crazy sound was.
There are points to quibble 91裸聊视频� Dylan never faced a shout of 91裸聊视频淛udas!91裸聊视频� from an enraged folkie at Newport; that came a year later in Manchester 91裸聊视频� but 91裸聊视频淎 Complete Unknown91裸聊视频� is utterly fascinating, capturing a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture 91裸聊视频� even if the singer who made them was as puzzling as a rolling stone.
91裸聊视频淎 Complete Unknown,91裸聊视频� a Searchlight Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R for 91裸聊视频渓anguage.91裸聊视频� Running time: 141 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.
