A Complete Unknown director James Mangold tells IndieWire about recording songs live, working with Timothee Chalament, more for his Bob Dylan biopic.
Some have even said that “Like a Rolling Stone” might even be about Dylan himself, and his uneasy relationship with fame (on “Idiot Wind”, on 1975’s Blood on the Tracks LP, he sings, “You’ll find out when you reach the top,
Timothée Chalamet was not a big fan of Bob Dylan – or as he calls it a member of the Church of Bob – before being cast to play the music icon in the feature film “A Complete Unknown.” He quickly became a convert.
Bob Dylan has had some involvement in the upcoming film 'A Complete Unknown.' He shared how he feels about Timothée Chalamet playing him.
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Despite the film being utterly conventional, Timothée Chalamet, whose range and confidence keep growing broader, is sensational as Bob Dylan, writes the reviewer.
"If you could just get up there one more time, use that music in the right way..." Searchlight Pictures has revealed one final trailer for A Complete Unknown, the fantastic Bob Dylan flick arriving in theaters this holiday season.
Dylan, a Nobel Prize winning poet, songwriter and performer, also ranks among the most enigmatic. Mangold chronicles Dylan’s Greenwich Village roots, performing in basement coffee houses, recording, forming a romantic and professional partnership with folk singer activist Joan Baez.
So when he arrived in New York in 1960, Dylan started riding a Triumph motorcycle to get around. And it’s a Triumph that co-stars in the Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, scheduled for a Christmas Day-release starring Timothee Chalamet as the young Bob Dylan.
A Complete Unknown” certainly lives up to its title. You are hardly closer to understanding the soul of Bob Dylan after watching more than two hours of this moody look at America’s most enigmatic troubadour.
Moviefone speaks with Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro about 'A Complete Unknown'. It was a really interesting process to navigate the music, Norton said.