I call out the overuse of Sylvie Russo / Suze Rotolo. Other than that, I don't find any major flaws in the film. Rolling Stone has a list of the inaccuracies, if anyone's interested. They missed exactly HOW Kooper's organ got on the record (he added it when they were out to lunch, and everyone wanted to delete it, but Dylan said, "No, leave it in."). That doesn't really matter, though: they got that Kooper inserted himself, and that's the important thing.
I look forward to reading that! I think, based on what you're saying, we're on the same page. The eliding on Newport Folk and the Manchester Free Trade Hall performance bugged me the most, but I understand why (from a dramatic perspective) you would do that.
Good review and I have my own coming out tonight.
I call out the overuse of Sylvie Russo / Suze Rotolo. Other than that, I don't find any major flaws in the film. Rolling Stone has a list of the inaccuracies, if anyone's interested. They missed exactly HOW Kooper's organ got on the record (he added it when they were out to lunch, and everyone wanted to delete it, but Dylan said, "No, leave it in."). That doesn't really matter, though: they got that Kooper inserted himself, and that's the important thing.
I look forward to reading that! I think, based on what you're saying, we're on the same page. The eliding on Newport Folk and the Manchester Free Trade Hall performance bugged me the most, but I understand why (from a dramatic perspective) you would do that.
Yeah. It’s only making up events that never happened, or even came close to happening, that I object to.
Yeah, Johnny Cash wasn’t at Newport, but he & Dylan did have a relationship, so it’s fine with me.
Loved it https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnogowski/p/dylan-destroyed-one-world-started?r=7pf7u&utm_medium=ios