Bob Dylan as Filmmaker
No Time to Think
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2026
McNidder & Grace (Verlag)
978-0-85716-299-1 (ISBN)
McNidder & Grace (Verlag)
978-0-85716-299-1 (ISBN)
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A deep dive into one of the most overlooked and
fascinating sides of Bob Dylan - the filmmaker. While his music and lyrics have been studied endlessly, his work
behind (and in front of) the camera remains largely unexplored. No other book
has taken this angle, and with Dylan's legend still growing, the audience is ready for a bold new take.
Bob Dylan
as Filmmaker, the first book of its kind, opens up exciting new ways to
think about the artistry of Bob Dylan. It offers a captivating exploration
into movies that, according to Michael, showcase Bob Dylan not just as a
subject, but as the primary author. These include Eat the Document-a
short, experimental television film shot in 1966 and released in 1972; the
sprawling, genre-blurring epic Renaldo and Clara (1978), both
directed by Dylan himself; and the darkly surreal Masked and Anonymous (2003),
directed by Larry Charles but co-written by and starring Dylan. Bob
Dylan as Filmmaker explores what these movies reveal about "how it feels"
to be Bob Dylan during three defining eras of his career: the
revolutionary 1960s, the introspective 1970s, and the enigmatic early 2000s.
Just as crucially, they illuminate Dylan's remarkable instinct for using film
not merely as a medium, but as a deeply personal mode of expression.
The
book also provides an essential survey of Dylan's most recent movie projects,
including those by other directors, in which Dylan's influence is less overt
but no less powerful. Here, Michael argues that Dylan operates as a kind of
"invisible co-author": in Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue (2019),
where Dylan appears as a slippery, self-mythologizing interviewee; Alma
Har'el's haunting Shadow Kingdom (2021), a stylized livestream
performance; and James Mangold's A Complete Unknown (2024),
the Timothee Chalamet-led biopic shaped in part by Dylan's behind-the-scenes
"script approval."
fascinating sides of Bob Dylan - the filmmaker. While his music and lyrics have been studied endlessly, his work
behind (and in front of) the camera remains largely unexplored. No other book
has taken this angle, and with Dylan's legend still growing, the audience is ready for a bold new take.
Bob Dylan
as Filmmaker, the first book of its kind, opens up exciting new ways to
think about the artistry of Bob Dylan. It offers a captivating exploration
into movies that, according to Michael, showcase Bob Dylan not just as a
subject, but as the primary author. These include Eat the Document-a
short, experimental television film shot in 1966 and released in 1972; the
sprawling, genre-blurring epic Renaldo and Clara (1978), both
directed by Dylan himself; and the darkly surreal Masked and Anonymous (2003),
directed by Larry Charles but co-written by and starring Dylan. Bob
Dylan as Filmmaker explores what these movies reveal about "how it feels"
to be Bob Dylan during three defining eras of his career: the
revolutionary 1960s, the introspective 1970s, and the enigmatic early 2000s.
Just as crucially, they illuminate Dylan's remarkable instinct for using film
not merely as a medium, but as a deeply personal mode of expression.
The
book also provides an essential survey of Dylan's most recent movie projects,
including those by other directors, in which Dylan's influence is less overt
but no less powerful. Here, Michael argues that Dylan operates as a kind of
"invisible co-author": in Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue (2019),
where Dylan appears as a slippery, self-mythologizing interviewee; Alma
Har'el's haunting Shadow Kingdom (2021), a stylized livestream
performance; and James Mangold's A Complete Unknown (2024),
the Timothee Chalamet-led biopic shaped in part by Dylan's behind-the-scenes
"script approval."
Michael Glover Smith is a Chicago-based filmmaker, author and teacher. Michael's most recent movie, Hekla, starring Elizabeth Stam, will have it's festival premiere in early 2026. Michael is also the director of four award-winning feature films, the most recent of which, Relative, stars Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks) and is distributed by Music Box Films. It was the 23rd highest-grossing movie in the U.S. in its first week of release in 2022. His previous book, Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry (co-written with Adam Selzer), was published by Columbia University Press to acclaim in 2015. He has seen Bob Dylan 100 times in concert.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Pembroke Dock |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85716-299-3 / 0857162993 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85716-299-1 / 9780857162991 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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