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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Documentary · Music · 2019

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019 Documentary · Music 2h 22m

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Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

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Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

The Oracle of Delphi

Patti Smith

Patti Smith

The Punk Poet

M

Martin von Haselberg

The Filmmaker

Scarlet Rivera

Scarlet Rivera

The Queen of Swords

Joan Baez

Joan Baez

The Balladeer

Roger McGuinn

Roger McGuinn

The Minstrel

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Put Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese on trial.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.