(np) Dylan's _Chronicles vol 1_ AuH20

[Richard Ryan]

Ms. Blanchett is almost always mesmerizing - and in this role she's
off-the-scale...

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought Cate Blanchett came closest to capturing the Dylan of "No
> Direction Home".
>
> "Gonna find me the NEW Bob Dylan. Then I'm gonna use him."
>
> At times she was eerie.
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 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....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- 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
>>>>
>>
>
>



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