We went to see /A Complete Unknown/; a biography of Bob Dylan. It did
not attempt to do a very large portion of his life; just the years
roughly 1961-1965. In the beginning he was very much in his folk-music
formative years, and as his popularity grew the film depicts his
frustration with the fame that he was not prepared for. It culminates at
the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where he broke out with band and an
electric guitar. Really struck a chord (no pun intended) with me as I
was a teenager in 1965 and I distinctly recall the major controversy
when he "went electric".
The actors all did their own singing and instrument playing. Kudos for
not trying to emulate Dylan too closely, but instead doing a resonable
facsimile.
I give it 4 stars. My only complaint was that much of the audio was much
too loud and drowned out a lot of the dialogue; especially when Dylan
was doing his trademark mumbling.
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