Jim Murray

2 years ago ·

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No Direction Home (Netflix)
(2 out of 2 Spuds)

"HEH

rt Larner

Anyone who knows me knows | am a huge
Dylan fan. | have written a lot about him and
know pretty much all the words to most his
songs.

So this doc by Martin Scorsese was a real
treat. It covers the period from his begin-
nings to the transition from being seen as a
folkie and protest singer to a real rock and
roll icon.

He had to go through a lot of shit to get
there, but this portrait is one of a man with
real dogged determination, self-taught busi-
ness savvy and help from some of the vision-
aries in the business who saw what he had to
offer and gave him the room to grow.

Bob Dylan, probably more than any artist
at the time, really got us to listen to the lyrics
and not just tap our feet to the beat. For that
our culture owes him a huge debt of grati-
tude. This is a great piece of film making as
you would expect from Scorsese, but it's also
a real good look at genius blooming.

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