Scorsese's movie about Dylan

Its a style he deploys intermittently throughout his discography. George Jackson might be the closest analog.

Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, Masters of War

Some of the gospel period stuff, altho that often isnt v specific

Honestly a person could get Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3, plus the “Royal Albert Hall” bootleg, and have essential Dylan coverage even if they never go further.

So otm. I love Dylan and I’m positive I listen to these more than anything.

They arent really anamolous, apart from the violin which is def an outlier

I think there’s also some violin on Love and Theft, which you also might want to check out if you like the classic surrealist phase albums. The imagery is not quite as wild though there is a similarity of lyrical density.

after Trouble No More I really have a hard time wanting to listen to the gospel records ever again

b/c the versions are so much better? I haven't heard it so I'm curious about that statement

yeah it's so hard and frenzied

The live versions of Gotta Serve Somebody are so much grimier and funkier

Fred Tackett is absolutely ham for Jesus on the six string

the Trouble No More set definitely rendered those records kinda pointless

still going back to it more than anything else in the bootleg series

“Martin Scorsese Hasn’t Spoken to Bob Dylan in Twenty Years“

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/martin-scorsese-bob-dylan-922912/

I'm assuming it's more like Bob Dylan hasn't spoken to Martin Scorsese in 20 years.

I’m a bit puzzled then by the interviews with Dylan in the movie. Was Scorsese not there for those?

Apparently not!

I know that dylan’s archivist/manager interviewed bob for no direction home. That might be the case for the rolling thunder doc as well.

What he says is sort of hokey, and I hate crying in documentaries--Ginsberg stops just short--but one of the most moving things I can think of in any music documentary is his first appearance in No Direction Home, where he describes hearing "Hard Rain" for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84bNaA-BV4Q

This may be the greatest thread that I have never seen before.
For anyone curious about the original Renaldo and Clara, here's a pretty good detailed (but not too lengthy)description:
https://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/2012/02/renaldo-and-clara-can-this-marriage-be.html
Some of the best bits in I'm Not There were inspired by R and C, esp. David Cross as Ginsberg and omg Cate Blanchett---BD said she should have played him in Masked and Anonymous at least)

Added some more from 2015, about "Hurricane," the way its writing etc. came across in the 70s and later, also how it comes across in R and C, and the amazing scene, if you can call it that, in which black citizens on the street get into a conversation about Ruben Carter, people who don't necessarily know each other, but they hear and respond. Reminds me a bit of the interviews after the concert in Don't Look Back, kids overhearing other kids being interviewed re Mr. D. (Also tried to improve the look of the whole thing as much as possible w that ancient template.)