(np) Dylan's _Chronicles vol 1_ AuH20

[Mark Kohut]

okay, okay...You're right again....just didn't want to go first with such an 
opinion. Smile...

I, too, think it is brilliant.....and I now think I misremembered the interview 
with Haynes for the usual
reasons---I WANTED to believe this was created by Haynes without any contact 
with Bobby D. except for 

what we the public, and listeners, and readers of the interviews could know. 

As Gaddis is soon to say in our read, i am overly fond of the Romantic 
conception of the artist...............



----- Original Message ----
From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Sat, April 9, 2011 10:26:33 AM
Subject: Re: (np) Dylan's _Chronicles vol 1_ AuH20

Why "more than it deserves"?  I'm an obsessive fan of the movie (I've seen it 
six times, so far).  It was cheated out of a Best Screenplay nomination/win at 
the Oscars probably because they couldn't decide whether it was original or 
adapted.

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>

>
>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....
>
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> 
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>----- 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
>>