[chris]

For all the Bob Dylan fans out there, check this out!



In an event that brought together two of America’s most influential and revered cultural innovators, “No Direction Home: Bob Dylan” will make its U.S. broadcast premiere on the award-winning “American Masters” series Monday and Tuesday, September 26-27 at 9 p.m. EST on PBS (check your local listings).

The two-part film, directed by Martin Scorsese, focuses on Dylan’s life and music from 1961-66 and includes never-seen footage from the Bob Dylan Archives and interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and other artists and musicians whose lives intertwined with Dylan’s during that time.

A DVD version of the documentary, featuring additional never-before-seen footage, will be released on September 20. Apple will present the DVD and international version of “No Direction Home: Bob Dylan,” and is the corporate underwriter of the PBS broadcast.

[tigerthelion]

That sounds pretty sweet.

[Corby]

i'm countin' the days until its release. with scorsese heading it up, its bound to be great.

[direwolf74]

I'll definitely be buying the DVD. Sounds amazing!

[skippy the wonder dog]

Not only a DVD, but an accompanying soundtrack. And we get the release of the Gaslight Tapes this month, too. It's good to be a Dylan fan at the moment.

That trailer looks amazing, especially when you consider how rarely Dylan gives interviews and how hostile he usually is to interviewers.

[cferneyh]

Due to general laziness on my behalf, playing rec hockey three times a week, being busy at work, raising a 13 month old baby, and dealing with a 6 year old Yellow Lab who still thinks she's 6 months old, I didn't have a chance to watch this until this weekend. In a word: brilliant.

Seriously, even if you are just a music fan in general, you should check this out.

My favourite moment - laugh out loud funny - was when some interviewer asks Dylan: So, how many singers are there out there that you would classify as protest singers?

Dylan stops, repeats the question, and says in all seriousness: About 136.

The interviewer asks, incredulously: 136?

To which Dylan says: Yeah, or 142.

[skippy the wonder dog]

Or.... "Suck your glasses."

Yes, a great film.

[direwolf74]

I totally agree with everybody here. It's a brilliant film, and definitely one of the best music documentaries I've ever seen.

[skippy the wonder dog]

And may I add, yes, this is something you should watch even if you are just a general music fan rather than a Dylan fan.

You will understand what made Dylan's reputation, but more than that, you'll find yourself saying, holy shit, this is what rock 'n roll is all about, this funny-looking guy derisively singing "its all over now, baby blue" to the fans that booed him.

Last line uttered in the movie, Dylan to The Band: "Play it fucking loud!"