{"product_id":"9780857162991-bob-dylan-as-filmmaker","title":"Bob Dylan as Filmmaker","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo Time to Think\u003cbr\u003eA deep dive into one of the most overlooked andfascinating sides of Bob Dylan - the filmmaker. While his music and lyrics have been studied endlessly, his workbehind (and in front of) the camera remains largely unexplored. No other bookhas taken this angle, and with Dylan's legend still growing, the audience is ready for a bold new take.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Dylanas Filmmaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, the first book of its kind, opens up exciting new ways tothink about the artistry of Bob Dylan.  It offers a captivating explorationinto movies that, according to Michael, showcase Bob Dylan not just as asubject, but as the primary author. These include \u003ci\u003eEat the Document\u003c\/i\u003e-ashort, experimental television film shot in 1966 and released in 1972; thesprawling, genre-blurring epic \u003ci\u003eRenaldo and Clara\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), bothdirected by Dylan himself; and the darkly surreal \u003ci\u003eMasked and Anonymous\u003c\/i\u003e (2003),directed by Larry Charles but co-written by and starring Dylan. \u003ci\u003eBobDylan as Filmmaker\u003c\/i\u003e explores what these movies reveal about \"how it feels\"to be Bob Dylan during three defining eras of his career: therevolutionary 1960s, the introspective 1970s, and the enigmatic early 2000s.Just as crucially, they illuminate Dylan's remarkable instinct for using filmnot merely as a medium, but as a deeply personal mode of expression. \u003c\/p\u003eThebook also provides an essential survey of Dylan's most recent movie projects,including those by other directors, in which Dylan's influence is less overtbut no less powerful. Here, Michael argues that Dylan operates as a kind of\"invisible co-author\": in Martin Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eRolling Thunder Revue\u003c\/i\u003e (2019),where Dylan appears as a slippery, self-mythologizing interviewee; AlmaHar'el's haunting \u003ci\u003eShadow Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), a stylized livestreamperformance; and James Mangold's \u003ci\u003eA Complete Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e (2024),the Timothee Chalamet-led biopic shaped in part by Dylan's behind-the-scenes\"script approval.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313433715062,"sku":"9780857162991","price":14.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40122378.jpg?v=1772086223","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857162991-bob-dylan-as-filmmaker","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}