The DYLAN MOVIE: I'm Not There

[graywarrior]

Poster


The first poster for that Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There has apparently leaked online. I say 'leaked' because I don't believe it's been officially released, and the pics we do have aren't very clear. However, the poster offers us enough of a look at (I think) Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger as Bob Dylan. I'm not sure who that first guy is (Richard Gere?), but following him are, what appear to be, Blanchett, Bale and a very Buddy Holly-looking Ledger. Ben Whishaw and Marcus Carl Franklin are also playing Dylan in the film; in total, there will be six Bob Dylans. Confused? Good.


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http://www.cinematical.com/2007/06/04/first-poster-for-bob-dylan-biopic-im-not-there-arrives-online/

[taterguy]

1. Why does the poster have those cue cards from that scene in Bob Roberts?

Dylan was an original man, not someone who would steal ideas from an early 90s satirical movie

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. Don't Look Back--"Subterranean Homesick Blues."

just in case youre serious about the cue cards.
Skip down to the heading "Music Video" for photos...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterranean_Homesick_Blues
...altho the whole thing's probly youtubed.

[graywarrior]

3. *snort*

[jpgray]

4. Are you kidding me? A Minnesota boy trying to sound like Ralph Stanley?

:rofl: Aside from what you've already been schooled on with regard to the cue cards, Dylan stole plenty--his early melodies are almost all nicked from extant folk tunes. Still a great songwriter, however.

[graywarrior]

5. Dylan stole from all the great poets....like everyone else did.

[jpgray]

6. In this case however it was literal love and theft

People we call original just steal more indirectly. :D

[graywarrior]

7. Dylan bragged about it.

Did you read his autobiography? He's proud of it.

[jpgray]

8. Well there you go--he's never pretended otherwise

I like Dylan! Don't get the wrong idea. :D

[graywarrior]

14. I know you do. I never thought otherwise.

But I am like a Dylan watchdog. Ruff.

[taterguy]

9. And yet he sued Hootie and the Blowfish for their Tangled Up In Blue lyric

Fucking hypocrite

[jpgray]

10. People who fail to do something artistically interesting with theft can get sued for all I care

[graywarrior]

15. Dylan sues everyone. He's probably suing me because I adore him.

I heard from some musicians that he is a freak. That makes him gold in my book.

[tigereye]

31. great stories in the Dylan film on PBS

about him stealing records, books, moves, etc. from prominent folkies. Some were amused, and some were not.

[mitchum]

17. LOL!!!

nicely done :)

[Ava]

11. Cate Blanchett? WHA?

she's playing bob dylan? she's playing him?

i'm confizzled.

[Ava]

12. btw, here' s a copy that's a wee bit bigger

[AmyDeLune]

18. As I understand it,

each actor is playing an aspect of Dylan throughout his life and career as represented in his music. I'm sure that makes it much clearer! :P

[deadparrot]

19. Yep...better pic of her here...

[yurbud]

13. will it have subtitles?

[mitchum]

20. LOL!!!

nicely done :)

[yurbud]

21. name that tune: yow mizzy raw muzz uh mah wah dah bufuh he bucuh uh mah...

[mitchum]

22. "I was standing in the rain...

with Charlemagne
we were all unmoored
for breakfast
with Spain
and Mr Ed
threw off his rein"

Ooops...that was from my Imitation Dylan Lyric Generator
I have a friend who is inexplicably impressed by my "talent" for this. I tell him that it is easy; all it takes is a past history of amphetamine use and skimming through books

[yurbud]

23. that's scary cuz it almost made sense

[mitchum]

16. The multiple actors playing the same role schtick was stolen from Todd Solondz...

his film "Palindrome" from only a couple of years ago used the same thing

[yurbud]

24. was that any good? I like his other work. maybe not the second story in storytelling.

[mitchum]

25. It's no "Happiness", but what is?

"Palindrome" worked more as an interesting experiment rather than a completely satisfying experience.
That's a rather lukewarm recommendation, isn't it? :)

[yurbud]

26. Happiness was like Touched by an Angel, Little House on the Prairie, and Ozzie and Harriet all

rolled into one.

Then rewritten by Charles Manson.

[mitchum]

27. It is a brilliant movie...

perhaps the ultimate family film

[yurbud]

28. as dark as they are, it's hard to argue with his view of humanity

[mitchum]

29. Yes indeed...

also, one of the many things that I like about "Happiness" is that so much of the dialogue is comprised of cliches. Not "movie dialogue cliches", but the cliches that people mouth in their day-to-day lives.
I don't find Solondz to be a misanthrope, but rather a keen observer of human behavior.

[yurbud]

30. context is everything with the cliches too