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DVD

Rolling Thunder Revue : a Bob Dylan story by Martin Scorsese

Call Number

  • DVD 782.42164 D9969RO (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

Director-approved DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.

Performers

Featuring: Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2021]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (142 minutes) : sound, color, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing sociopolitical turmoil, Bob Dylan and a band of troubadours--including luminaries such as Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell--embarked on a now-legendary tour known as the Rolling Thunder Revue, a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carnival, part spiritual pilgrimage. Director Martin Scorsese blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief, with a magician's sleight of hand, into a zeitgeist-defining cultural record that is as much a concert "documentary" as it is a slippery, chimerical investigation into memory, time, truth, and illusion. At the center of it all is the magnetic Dylan, a sphinxlike philosopher-poet singing, with electrifying conviction, to the soul of an anxious nation.

Notes

Originally released for streaming on Netflix in 2019.

Special features: New 4K digital master, approved by director Martin Scorsese ; new interviews with Scorsese, editor David Tedeschi, and writer Larry "Ratso" Sloman ; restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of "Tonight I'll be staying here with you" and "Romance in Durango," and of a new, extended cut of "Tangled up in blue" ; restoration demonstration ; trailer.

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