I'M NOT THERE

I'M NOT THERE
DVD rip (2007)
Runtime: 2hrs 15mn

Plot summary
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified.

I'M NOT THERE
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (2007)
192-320 KBPS

This soundtrack, like the movie, is erratic, diverse and mostly successful, often great. The best cuts are those where the performers take the Dylan material as a starting point and bring their own styles and sensibilities to it. The weakest are those where Dylan is approached on tiptoe, as if crawling too close to a deity, as if simply to sing a version of one of his songs is an audacity, and the result of that approach is just a pale copy of the original.
One other overall random thought -- what a great day it was when Dylan first plugged in. So many of these songs work as rock, electrifying them made (and makes) them all the more original and outrageous.

CD 1
1. All Along The Watchtower - Eddie Vedder & The Million Dollar Bashers
2. I'm Not There - Sonic Youth
3. Goin' To Acapulco - Jim James & Calexico
4. Tombstone Blues - Richie Havens
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man - Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - Cat Power
7. Pressing On - John Doe
8. Fourth Time Around - Yo La Tengo
9. Dark Eyes - Iron And Wine & Calexico
10. Highway 61 Revisited - Karen O & The Million Dollar Bashers
11. One More Cup Of Coffee - Roger McGuinn & Calexico
12. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll - Mason Jennings
13. Billy 1 - Los Lobos
14. Simple Twist Of Fate - Jeff Tweedy
15. Man In The Long Black Coat - Mark Lanegan
16. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - Willie Nelson & Calexico

CD 2
1. As I Went Out One Morning - Mira Billotte
2. Can't Leave Her Behind - Stephen Malkmus and Lee Ranaldo
3. Ring Them Bells - Sufjan Stevens
4. Just Like A Woman - Charlotte Gainsbourg & Calexico
5. Mama You've Been On My Mind / A Fraction of Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie - Jack Johnson
6. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Yo La Tengo
7. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
8. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - The Hold Steady
9. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
10. The Wicked Messenger - The Black Keys
11. Cold Irons Bound - Tom Verlaine & The Million Dollar Bashers
12. The Times They Are A Changin' - Mason Jennings
13. Maggie's Farm - Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
14. When The Ship Comes In - Marcus Carl Franklin
15. Moonshiner - Bob Forrest
16. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine - John Doe
17. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Antony & The Johnsons
18. I'm Not There - Bob Dylan with The Band

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