Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #3 extract: Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back (1967)



Though I know very little of Bob Dylan and his music, this is an intriguing look into the life of a celebrity on the road juggling media obligations whilst struggling the idea of his perceived self. The observational, direct cinema, aesthetic and approach can be slightly mundane at points which gives rise to problems with pacing, but I never felt the film become completely disinteresting or boring. 
If not out of simple interest, maybe check out Don't Look Back as an example of direct cinema and an attempt to observe reality like a fly on a wall may. Whilst I don't think this is at all feasible nor managed in the film, there is a strong sense of realism and shades of truth in Don't Look Back as a film about Dylan as a figure constantly in the public eye - and a so constantly performing - which makes this a particularly interesting example of the direct cinema movement.

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