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My top 10 in no particular order. Kim Deal - No Body Loves You More The Libertines - All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown John Cale - POPtical Illusion Tears For Fears - Songs For A Nervous Planet English Teacher - This Could Be Taxes Paul Weller - 66 Jane Weaver - Love In Constant Spectacle The Waeve - City Lights Bill Ryder Jones - Iechyd Da

Big TP&H fan but totally missed the bus on this one. Is the film now streaming?

Thanks for the great review. For those who want to learn more about Bob Dylan, check out the new book, "You Don't Need a Weatherman: Bob Dylan for Beginners"

Enjoyable movie but its mostly fictional.

I understand Dylan fans being enthralled by the portrayal. But even for those who are not Dylan fans it's a wonderful portrayal of a man who remains a complete unknown. And it does a terrific job of setting the film in its cultural and historical context while remaining focused on the character. Unrelated, I saw what I would call the only open and true interview of Dylan, done, funnily enough, by the mainstream media. I think the interviewer's name is Bob Brown, and he interviewed Dylan on Dylan's home in Malibu. Dylan seems like he let down the facade for this one. You might want to check it out.

Completely agree with your take - nothing new learned because I am a Dylan nerd, but the acting was so strong in all instances. The director had to make choices and they were mostly well chosen. My one complaint that they were not able to use Suze Rotolo’s real name, but she was very well depicted. Great movie - gonna see it a second time as well.

Hi Todd. New to your channel and just subbed. R.E.M. Great band! Yes on The Replacements. That one is my favorite by them! Wish I would have included that in my vinyl tag. Great video. Looking forward to watching more content.

I teared up, too - the way the characters cared for one another really came across. BTW, it's Chalamet, not Chamanet.

The book - like Bob said… read it too

They shortened a lot of them! Had to. Bob chose which verses to drop

Bobs advice is to read the book after the movie. “Dylan goes electric” by Elijah… oh it explains a lot about folk rock business history.

This is a truly great movie. You don’t get the feeling of a biopic at all Just total believability The actors just do not mimic but rather acted and man the singing and guitar playing was awesome I have now seen it twice and am hoping for the film to receive its just due recognition 16:30 16:30

Love the film. I’m not a super emotional person, but I teared up at the beginning. Just seeing what I knew of the history of Dylan was going to be represented so well. And as the movie went on, I was able to settle in to it. Not expecting every aspect of Dylan’s life to be completely accurate, but it was close. My wife and I plan on seeing it again while it’s still in theaters. As a Dylan fan, I thought it was great.

I enjoyed the movie. There are a lot of folks picking at this, Mangold had to make choices to fit the story in two hours. Elijah Wald, who wrote the book the movie is based on, says the feel is right even if some of the facts aren’t quite right. It’s a movie. If you want a documentary go elsewhere. Even they can be misleading. The folks who edited the Newport 65 performance documentary moved the audio of the boos to parts of the performance. The tapes are available to anyone at the Library of Congress if you want to check that.

Film was a time travel experience. Very well done! Even Dylan ok with it!

The Long cut, pick up skylarking by XTC.

Friend, you did an excellent review here. Thank you.

I am so torn on whether or not to see this movie. Your review kinda makes me want to see it. But my natural aversion to music biopics is strong. 🤷🏻‍♂️

i've been logged out of my you tube account for a week and a half and finding your review of film i also was thrilled with is fantastic...i'm tempted to spell chalamet's name with a q since that's what it sounds like when you pronounce it (!!!)...i AM a joan baez fan but wasn't prepared for how much i loved monica barbaro's portrayal. i've been a fan of elle fanning for a long time (a precursor to the archivist)??? but would have continued writing protest songs to impress monica/joan!...i want directors to do for the phases of bob what is being done for each individual beatle...film after film depicting him!...great video!

I thought a very good book of the time was David Hajdu's Positively 4th Street. The lives and times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina. Re: the movie, it had to be Bob's input that changed Suze to Sylvie. They wouldn't have done that without his approval or suggestion. Which gets me to the point: movie making and song writing involve separate talents. Bob's not a movie maker. The car stops, and I'm told to get out. Fair enough.

2025 most wanted - Rubber Soul box set w all the bells and whistles.

You echoed a lot of my own feelings. Hit me emotionally as well, finally seeing the story unfold on screen. The sound and art direction make this worth seeing in a theater. I also found it easy to suspend disbelief in the scenes that were obviously manufactured; they somehow blend into and support the real bits. I also tend to think that Mr. Dylan would not have issues with the approach, given his own past embellishments of his life (they even worked that habit nicely into the apartment scene with Joan). Singing by these actors was amazing and I was very surprised how effective Barbaro was as Baez. A minor complaint would be the way the story sometimes hastily introduces some characters and their pivotal roles just for completeness, such as Neuwirth and Kooper. Very positive experience overall.

This is the first review that I agree completely with. The first film that I thought of as I walked out of the packed theater was Amadeus.

I had a similar reaction to the film. What it may have lacked in deep character study, it more than made up for in acting, atmosphere and music. Like you, I was sold almost immediately and was totally immersed after the first couple scenes. And I found those Woody scenes emotionally powerful. Talk about great acting (by the Guthrie character) in the absence of any dialogue. I arrived last minute to the cinema, nearly sold out, so it was a fun, fully shared theatre experience. As good as Chalamet was, I still think Cate Blanchet has been the most dynamic and best acted dramatized Dylan on film. I hope this film creates a resurgence of interest in real, organic music and songwriting among young folk today, who seem a bit adrift in a vapid music industry dominated by technology, autotune and overproduction. As always, I enjoyed your take.

Great stuff. Agree with all of it. Tim didn’t get the walk. Otherwise great movie. I was tearing up too.

ACU is a well-buffed carni show. Congrats, Zimmy! Got us t' believe we'd win the big stuffed animal, just for watching! Suze's not around. She's Sylvie's ciggie smoke. No prob. The stuffed animal has costume changes, too. Zimmy/Timmy knows who the unknown is. So does the blastocyst. 🎉❤

This was my exact reaction. Very well put. Thank you! I'm trying to get all my friends to go.

Loved it. But the song selections weren’t the greatest. “Pawn in their game” and “Lonesome death of Hattie Carroll” not featured at all. “It’s alright Ma I’m only bleeding” was only hummed for about 20 seconds. These I believe are his 3 greatest songs during that time period. Wish they got play. Tambourine Man was played in the background for only about 30 seconds. It was basically Blowin in the wind, times are a changing and then his duet songs with Baez, were the main ones. And of course like a rolling stone.

Saw it and loved it!Hit me emotionally as well!

I went to the movie and the movie took me back to my teenage years in Norwich, ct. Great movie, highly emotional for me. I would go see it again.

A Complete Unknown was the best

Great movie! I experienced the same emotions as you while watching the movie. You capture my thoughts and feelings perfectly. It’s a beautifully acted, directed, and produced movie. The fact that the actors performed the songs is mind-boggling. In fact, I’ve seen the movie twice, the second time from the front row, center seat. It was incredible. The movie has few quick cuts or dizzying camera movements, so the front row was an incredibly immersive experience. I highly recommend watching the movie from the front row! Great review and thanks for sharing. 👊👊

Very fun to watch! Happy 2025!

I'm 72: > This puts me at only 9 when Dylan hit NYC c. '61.... By '67 I was memorizing and playing Dylan. I lived and breathed his poetry and remained amazed by his spontaneous nature... ..tried to get into to see this film but it's sold out where I live. My hope is that the Dylan-the muse remains a bit obscure... one of his messages (I think) is that divine inspiration is unpredictable. Does this come out in the film? "θέα , all the way, baby!"

The power of A Complete Unknown is in the reactions to Dylan's music by other characters in the film. Everyone around Dylan was gobstruck by what they were hearing for the first time. The emotions of the country poured out of those songs. There was a potent synchronicity to it all.

Rules for record collecting: 1. Never buy groups with silly names....hold on ...most groups have silly names. 2. Never buy albums with rubbish covers ...except reggae. 3. Buy any Billy Irish album. 4. Having three beers removes inhibitions therefore improves record choice. 5. Buy all Bert Jansch (pronounced Yansh) albums on sight.

Todd! Met you and the arcivist at the DaDa show hangout with ‘the Mazzyster’ 😂 sweet tag man! Excuse all the name droppin’ 😆🔊Rock on fellow rock aficionado in the PNW 🎸

It was really good! I saw it last night on NYE. I told my wife that I wanted to clap almost after every performance when anyone was performing in front of an audience. Like I was a part of the audience in the movie. Edward Norton’s performance of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” was really good! I think Chalamet knocked it out of the park. His performance was great without seeming forced. My only gripe might be that the woman playing Joan Baez could have given a little more effort to sound like Joan when talking. Her singing was great but her speech didn’t sound like Joan at all.

Well said, I had many of the same feelings.

Thank you for a concise overview.

There is a longstanding legend about the ‘65 Newport performance, that Pete Seeger supposedly tried to cut the power to the stage during Dylan’s electric set by actually trying to cut the power cable with an axe. This has been pretty much debunked in more recent years, and in fact would have been wildly out of character for the depiction of Pete Seeger we get throughout the rest of the film, but even so, I liked the brief nod the film gave to the old myth, almost as a wink to the audience.

Maslof what are you getting out of this, you don't do anything without an ulterior motive. Careful group, Maslof has been pushing the 'Last Waltz' prevarication for years.

I had some reservations because I was not a fan of Walk the Line. I really enjoy many of James Mangold’s other films but was concerned that maybe he’s just not a great musician biopic director? But, man, this far surpassed my expectations. Was so glad it brought something different than No Direction Home and I’m Not There. The casting was incredible, the performances even better. Loved some of the artist references that were purely for music geeks. It also held a great narrative, and seamlessly introduced new “characters” in such a brilliant way. The liberty they took with actual history did not bother me. Sometimes this has to be done for the sake of art. Glad you enjoyed it. So… unlike Bright Future (😅) - you, Mazzy, Chris and I are on the same page here. Happy New Year to you and Amanda, Todd. Cheers ✌🏻

Yeah, as a big Dylan fan, I got pretty lost in it as well. Really enjoyed it. Not much to add to what you said here to be honest. The only thing I wish they had done was give Chalamet some blue contact lenses. That's really nitpicky though. I liked that they didn't depict Dylan as a saint. He's not a saint, nor is he a villain. They also did a very good job of showing how quickly he evolved and moved forward, and how he didn't just fall into his success. He was ambitious, and he was driven. And I think this movie illustrated that in a very natural way.

I loved it too! I saw it in a crowded theater on Christmas Day. The 2+ hours flew by leaving me wanting more. I was expecting them to recreate the "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" cover, as I had rewatched "Vanilla Sky" recently, but I guess they didn't go for the obvious. All the actors were fantastic.

I caught GLP in Santa Barbara in 2022. Solo but excellent!!!

It was cool hanging with you guys...thanks

Hello my favourite album this year is jack white happy new year

Best track on ZZ Top Eliminator is I Need You Tonight. Deep cut for sure

50 yr old here. I circled back to Elvis Costello and Joni Mitchell too. Roxy Music was another one. It was all taking a chance on the value bins.