No Direction Home (2005)

Original title

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Genre

documentary film, rockumentary

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

3h 25m

Rated

G

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 146 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Bob Dylan from his arrival in New York in 1961 to his 1966 motorcycle accident. It shows how he became a famous folk singer and then caused controversy by switching to rock music.

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What happens

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th-century American popular music and culture. The film focuses on the period between Dylan's arrival in New York in January 1961 and his "retirement" from touring following his motorcycle accident in July 1966. This period encapsulates Dylan's rise to fame as a folk singer and songwriter where he became the center of a cultural and musical upheaval, and continues through the electric controversy surrounding his move to a rock style of music. The title of the film is taken from the lyrics of Dylan's 1965 single "Like a Rolling Stone". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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