Almost every scene in the movie where a political event is happening -- Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy assassination -- Dylan is hardly paying attention. (Nice directing)
We could call this classic artist self-involvement, but Pete Seeger puts a politicized lens over Dylan's behavior.
We could call this classic artist self-involvement, but Pete Seeger puts a politicized lens over Dylan's behavior.
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The climax, when Dylan plays rock and roll at the Newport Folk Festival to Seeger's chagrin, is more than a blow to folk.
A great illustrative cut goes from Dylan recording "Like a Rolling Stone" with a full band in the studio to Seeger playing solo on public TV. Cool-->uncool, hard stop.