One of the best rock
documentaries ever made... Portrait of the artist as a young man. In
spring, 1965, Bob Dylan, 23, a pixyish troubador, spends three weeks in
England. Pennebaker's camera follows him from airport to hall, from
hotel room to public house, from conversation to concert. Joan Baez and
Donovan, among others, are on hand. It's the period when Dylan is
shifting from acoustic to electric, a transition that not all fans,
including Baez, applaud. From the opening sequence of Dylan holding up
words to the soundtrack's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," Dylan is
playful and enigmatic.
