(np) Dylan's _Chronicles vol 1_ AuH20

[Mark Kohut]

Laura's right again as usual....

Dylan was approached and let it be......

memory, mine, is fallible.......



----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: kelber at mindspring.com
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 10:44:36 PM
Subject: Re: (np) Dylan's _Chronicles vol 1_ AuH20

I like this movie probably more than it deserves and it is good......the way the 

six avatar-selves open up such a depth of understanding...and emblematic 
scenes....I've seen it a few times....(Hey, name-dropping coming up...Richie 
Havens in the lobby of the movie showing. )

But, Bobby D. gave an OK?...

I read an interview with the Director who said no contact with Bobby before nor 
during filming AND no response when he sent him the pre-release DVD.
Which, I figured was the perfect response from him---and the best for the 
Director who would have lost something (besides gaining, maybe, more viewers) 

re integrity had Dylan and he talked, in my estimation....


 


----- Original Message ----
From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 9:43:39 PM
Subject: Re: (np) Dylan's _Chronicles vol 1_ AuH20

Probably one of the better things he's done (non-musically) is to give the OK 
for the fantastic bio-pic I'm Not There, which certainly brings out his many 
variations on being an asshole, as well as his genius.  He clearly recognized 
himself in the many faces that great film portrayed.

Laura



-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
>Sent: Apr 8, 2011 9:08 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: (np) Dylan's _Chronicles vol 1_ AuH20
>
>I met Mimi Farina and heard her play in Fresno Ca in the 70s. I liked her very 
>much as an artist and person . She had a deep sense of compassion and a 
>dedication to acting in the world.I can understand why she didn't like Dylan the 
>
>shapeshifter, one second prophet of divine justice and the next jokerman 
>mysogynist.  He talks about politicos using people but he did some of that 
>himself. He isn't all that  likable though he is funny,  and  the best 
>songwriter  I can think of .  Also one of the worst actors ever.
>On Apr 7, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Ian Livingston wrote:
>
>> Richard Farina's wife, Mimi (Baez), loathed Dylan until the end.
>> I like Patti Smith's memoir so much I think I'll hold off reading
>> other r&r autobiographies for a while. Maybe if Kieth Moon or Brian
>> Jones comes out with one it will catch my attention.
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com> 
wrote:
>>>  "He's protecting his art FROM politics."
>>> 
>>> I agree with this. I believe Dylan when he says he's on the planet to
>>> write songs and sing, not to be a politician. His behavior matches
>>> that.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
>> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
>> trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
>> of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
>> than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>