This Review Kills Fascists

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2008)

I'm 57. I write that because if both the Internet and I last, I might re-read this in years to come and revel in what it was like to be so young.
However, if the former survives and the latter doesn't, I imagine at some stage I will experience the "life flashing before you" episode. My expectation is that this will be a "Man Who Fell To Earth" set-up, (even now, there's a lot to get through at one sitting), with a video wall of simultaneous TV broadcasts.
I'd be more than happy if one screen played "I'm Not There". (I'm hoping that by the time it's required, another will be playing the yet to be green-lit "The Bobby Charlton Story".)
I don't claim to be a Bob Dylan fan, but I never cease to be amazed at how his soundtrack has resonated through my life, (so far). Perhaps this film was too easy  but equally susceptible to idolatry. It worked.
Other people interpreting Dylan also populate my memory stacks. Todd Haynes' free skipping between Dylan originals and on screen covers felt perfectly natural, and absolutely seamless.
But was it a good film? Dunno, but very enjoyable. And Cate Blanchett??? Amazing. But very, very unsettling! Great stuff.
Ron Plasma (Viewed 17Jan08)