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festusa (view)

Speaking of Dylan, how many out there that have seen "Don't Look Back" were offended by the Dylan presented therein that Roger Ebert categorized thuswise?

What a jerk Bob Dylan was in 1965. What an immature, self-important, inflated, cruel, shallow little creature, lacking in empathy and contemptuous of anyone who was not himself or his lackey. Did we actually once take this twirp as our folk god?

I recently watched the DVD and Dylan's acerbic reactions were more or less wholly justified by D.A. Pennebaker, the director, and 1965 tour manager Bob Neuwirth. However, I must say that the first time I watched it, years ago, on VHS, I was pretty much in Ebert's camp. Not sure now... Comments?
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