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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019

Martin Scorsese

Documentary, Self: Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg ...

7.4

1,210

Documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese will follow the 1975-1976 tour that saw Dylan assemble a cadre of collaborators and musicians including Joan Baez, T-Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson, and many others. Netflix described the new film as “part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream”.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'Rolling Thunder Revue' celebrates the let’s-try-it-on, let-it-all-hang-out spirit of the era, and as a time capsule the film is a gift that keeps on giving (...) Technically, it’s an exquisite piece of work"
		Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"Audacious, artful and thoroughly entertaining (...) You have to go back to 'After Hours' to find a Scorsese pic with a similarly mischievous wit."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is an immersive experience, like being plunged back into the 70s. There is passion there (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Some of these bits are more compelling than others, but a prolonged sense of disorientation helps smooth out the space between them."
		Clémence Michallon The Independent	"An invaluable addition to the pantheon of Bob Dylan films (...) There are so many things to like that it’s hard to know where to begin (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Todd Gilchrist The Wrap	"A vibrant, engaging portrait of Dylan (...) What’s on the surface is plenty fascinating no matter how much or little you get at anything underneath."
		Andy Greene Rolling Stone	"It’s much more focused on telling a good 'Bob Dylan Story' than it is in letting history unfold exactly how it happened."
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Long but absorbing (...) Scorsese’s film gives us a grainy snapshot of the watchful, clever, mischievous maestro in his prime (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Manohla Dargis Irish Times	"[Dylan said], 'If I see a movie that really moves me around I’m totally astounded.' To watch 'Rolling Thunder Revue' is to understand what he meant."

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