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The Director's Chair => Martin Scorsese => Topic started by: Just Withnail on May 20, 2003, 02:07:06 PM

Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Just Withnail on May 20, 2003, 02:07:06 PM
EmpireOnline (http://www.empireonline.co.uk/news/news.asp?4754url) reports some great news!

QuoteMartin Scorsese has managed to persuade the notoriously taciturn Bob Dylan to let him film a documentary about the singer's early career.
:o

It may only be for TV, but interesting nonetheless. Check the link for more!
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: AlguienEstolamiPantalones on May 20, 2003, 03:13:15 PM
i hope they talk about that the time when he found jesus and he went on tour trying to convert the mass's

such a wacky guy
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Alethia on May 20, 2003, 04:12:05 PM
yay!
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: phil marlowe on May 20, 2003, 04:15:44 PM
bah. bob dylan is boring. id cheer if he did the mayhem story though.
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: godardian on May 20, 2003, 04:27:58 PM
"Bob Dylan would've had more fun if he'd been in the New York Dolls." - Morrissey
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: AlguienEstolamiPantalones on May 20, 2003, 04:29:49 PM
Quote from: godardian"Bob Dylan would've had more fun if he'd been in the New York Dolls." - Morrissey

what the fuck does that mean

ohhh moz for shame
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Derek237 on May 20, 2003, 04:57:20 PM
Great news. I can't wait. Is it out yet?..... How about now?
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Duck Sauce on May 20, 2003, 08:12:20 PM
Wasnt somebody else doing one too?
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Royal Tenenbaum on May 22, 2003, 09:36:08 PM
Yeah, Todd Haynes, whose film would have probably been better. He wanted to make a bio-epic type film.
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: bonanzataz on May 22, 2003, 11:06:48 PM
speaking of bob dylan in the movies, has anybody seen this wonderful piece of celluloid?

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093163
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: godardian on May 23, 2003, 12:56:56 AM
Quote from: Royal TenenbaumYeah, Todd Haynes, whose film would have probably been better. He wanted to make a bio-epic type film.

First thing I thought when I heard this was what bearing this might have on Haynes's project. I think they'll be two extremely different pieces of work, with Haynes's being heavily fractured and fictionalized and Scorsese's being what sounds like a documentary, but... well, I'm hoping Haynes's film will come many months later (script's not even finished yet) and maybe ride any ripples of success Scorsese's doc might have.
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Mesh on May 27, 2003, 04:44:19 PM
Quote from: godardian"Bob Dylan would've had more fun if he'd been in the New York Dolls." - Morrissey

Yeah, good point, ya ponce.  Who wouldn't have been?
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: modage on May 27, 2003, 10:50:23 PM
according to SPIN MAGAZINE...

Martin Scorsese has announced plans to film a biography about Bob Dylan. The movie is set for release to PBS sometime in 2005.
Title: Could be GOOD
Post by: Blood on the Granite on May 30, 2003, 08:14:34 AM
So long as Scorsese resists the temptation to crawl up his own ass, this could well be one of THE best music documentaries ever. :)
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: modage on June 07, 2003, 10:24:27 PM
from rolling stone...

scorseses tenatively titled Bob Dylan Anthology will focus on his early years- from his stint at the university of minjnesota to the recording of Blonde on Blonde in 1966- and will feature Dylan talking about himself (his first on-camera interview in twenty years).  It will include never-before-seen footage from the 1963, 64, and 65 Newport Folk Festivals, outtakes from the D.A. Pennebakers 1967 Dont Look Back and silent home movies from 1961.  The Scorsese project will also contain rare television footage, including Dylans 1964 appearance on the Steve Allen show.  The doc is expected to debut at upcoming US film festivals and air on PBS sometime in 2005.

and for you godardian...

Haynes movie, tenatively titled Im Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan, is the impressionistic account of the man.  Haynes says the drama will "draw from [Dylans] life but will retract who he is into a cluster of characters played by different actors."  Though the film hasnt yet been cast, at least one of those Dylans will be plyaed by a woman.  Somehow, this project has the musicians blessing.
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: MacGuffin on January 18, 2005, 11:19:22 AM
Scorsese Hasn't Spoken to Dylan About Film

Martin Scorsese has been working on a film about Bob Dylan for two years and there's one important person he hasn't spoken to about it: Bob Dylan.

"I'd not like to deal with the man directly," Scorsese told television critics this weekend. "I'd like to create the story, to find the story, first of all, and then play it out the way I think it's right."

The film concentrates on Dylan's early performing years from 1961 to 1966 and will run this summer as part of the PBS "American Masters" series. Scorsese directed "The Last Waltz" chronicling the final performance of former Dylan backup The Band.

Scorsese has access to 10 hours of fresh Dylan interviews conducted by the singer's manager, and said he may eventually ask Dylan a few questions. Even then, he can never be quite sure if the always inscrutable Dylan is being upfront or not.

"I'm trying to make as honest a film as possible without unnecessary restrictions," he said. "But I think for me, of course, I'm on his side, so I might come out in terms of a pro-Dylan."
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Pwaybloe on January 18, 2005, 11:21:36 AM
Is there such a thing as an Anti-Dylan?
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: noyes on July 10, 2005, 01:04:27 PM
not to be a jerk, because i'm far from it, but i think my No Direction Home thread, and the link within it (despite having and sharing the same association to Scorsese), fits perfectly and individually into "News about upcoming movies that are actually going to be released soon and have confirmed details"
plus, this hasn't been posted in since january. haha.
oh well.
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: GoneSavage on July 10, 2005, 01:23:42 PM
They don't care for your logic, they are moderators.
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: modage on July 10, 2005, 03:45:07 PM
just re-post the info here and they can change the thread title.  all directors who have forums must have the news about their upcoming projects in those forums.  otherwise: chaos.  :shock:
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: Stefen on July 10, 2005, 04:31:41 PM
This is the reason xixax doesn't get much posts. It's pretty hard to have conversations here.
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: noyes on July 10, 2005, 04:58:48 PM
Quote from: themodernage02just re-post the info here and they can change the thread title.  all directors who have forums must have the news about their upcoming projects in those forums.  otherwise: chaos.  :shock:

you're right. i didn't look at it that way.
grapevine and other movies (with the exception of now showing) are exclusively for movies by directors who aren't in the directors chair. i got it. i apoligize for that.
:)
Title: Great news! Scorsese doing Dylan bio!
Post by: polkablues on July 10, 2005, 08:58:29 PM
Quote from: PwaybloeIs there such a thing as an Anti-Dylan?

Donovan.

Check out the scene in "Don't Look Back"; it's like putting matter and anti-matter in the same space.