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'No Direction Home - Bob Dylan' Review

Martin Scorsese Makes Documentary About Bob Dylan in the 1960s

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No Direction Home - Bob Dylan Documentary Film

No Direction Home - Bob Dylan Documentary Film

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Updated July 17, 2008
On Tuesday, August 30, 2005, Bob Dylan released the 2-CD set No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - The Bootleg Series, Volume 7" (Columbia/Legacy), which was the precursor to the September 20 release of the documentary film, No Direction Home.

Martin Scorsese directs the documentary, which follows Dylan's career from his beginnings up until his motorcycle accident in 1966.

The film follows Dylan as he carreened through the Greenwich Village folk music scene, trying to develop and hone his songwriting style and craft. With the 1960s as a backdrop, inevitably the story encapsulates the Greenwich Village Folk scenesters as well as the evolution of the new folk-rocksound.

Scorsese uses extensive interview footage with Bob Dylan speaking rawly about his experiences during that era, as well as interviews with his friends and peers from the time.

The soundtrack and film are alredy raising eyebrows in both the Folk and Rock worlds, as fans from several generations get an inside peak into the life and times of Bob Dylan.

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