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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 54 min. 10 sec.) ; 655640124 bytes |
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Drawing from hundreds of hours of unseen footage and rare recordings, in-depth interviews and revealing photographs, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, directed by Martin Scorsese, strikes a remarkable balance - telling the story of one man's journey and at the same time placing that story within the greater canvas of human events.No Direction Home: Bob Dylan starts in the eye of the hurricane. Bob Dylan, live, 1966 in front of a hostile audience inflamed by his decision to electrify his music. There are boos, cat calls, fans streaming out. On stage, in newly discovered footage, is Dylan singing Like a Rolling Stone. It's hard to imagine anyone walking out on this performance, much less booing it. Part one is a portrait of the artist as a young man. It traces Bob Dylan's journey from a rock 'n'roll-loving kid in the Midwest to his arrival as a major musical force in the world of folk music. His high school teacher recounts a disastrous rock 'n' roll appearance at the local talent show and a school friend plays one of Dylan's first recorded songs. In his own words, Dylan tells viewers how he became smitten with folk music as the story shifts scenes from the iron range in Minnesota to Greenwich Village in New York City. An amazing cast of characters is introduced - Dave Van Ronk, the King of the Greenwich Village folk clubs; Joan Baez, the Queen of the folk music world; Allen Ginsberg, America's beat poet laureate. And most importantly, the wide range of music that influenced the young Bob Dylan is explored. Dylan's fame and notoriety grows, his skill as a performer matures rapidly and the songs begin to pour out; Blowin' in the Wind, Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Masters of War, Don't Think Twice It's All Right and many more. Part one ends at what seems to be the dawn of a new generation. Dylan, hands intertwined with musician Pete Seeger, The Freedom Singers and Odetta singing Blowin' in the Wind at the closing night at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963. (From the US, in English) (Part 1) |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-11-08 at 22:20:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Dylan, Bob, 1941-.
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Folk singers -- Biography.
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Music -- Performance.
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Popular music -- Influence.
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Rock music -- Analysis, appreciation.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Scorsese, Martin, director
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Dylan, Bob, contributor
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