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Pages in category "Films directed by Martin Scorsese"
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Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro
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After Hours (film)
The Age of Innocence (film)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
The Aviator (2004 film)
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The Big Shave
The Blues (film)
Boxcar Bertha
Bringing Out the Dead
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Cape Fear (1991 film)
Casino (film)
C cont.
The Color of Money
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The Departed
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Gangs of New York
Goodfellas
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It's Not Just You, Murray!
Italianamerican
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The King of Comedy (1983 film)
Kundun
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The Last Temptation of Christ (film)
The Last Waltz
List of Martin Scorsese films
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Mean Streets
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My Voyage to Italy
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New York Stories
New York, New York (film)
No Direction Home
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A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
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Raging Bull
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Shine a Light (film)
Shutter Island (film) No Direction Home
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No Direction Home
Directed by
Martin Scorsese
Produced by
Susan LacyJeff RosenMartin ScorseseNigel SinclairAnthony Wall
Starring
Bob Dylan
Music by
Bob Dylan
Cinematography
Mustapha Barat
Editing by
David Tedeschi
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
July 21, 2005
Running time
208 min.
Language
English
Budget
$2,000,000
No Direction Home is a documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American popular music and culture. The film does not cover Dylan's entire career; it concentrates on the period between Dylan's arrival in New York in January 1961 and his "retirement" from touring, following his motorcycle accident in July 1966. This period encapsulates Dylan's rise to fame as a folk singer and songwriter, and the controversy surrounding his switch to a rock style of music.
Contents[hide]
1 Production
1.1 Development
1.2 Title
1.3 Cover photo
2 Reception
2.1 Reviews
2.2 Awards
3 Shelton biography
4 References
5 External links
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[edit] Production
[edit] Development
The film was first shown on television in both the United States (as part of the American Masters series on PBS) and the United Kingdom (as part of the Arena series on BBC Two) on September 26–27 2005. A DVD version of the film and accompanying soundtrack album (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack) were released that same month.
The project eventually titled as No Direction Home began to take shape in 1995 when Dylan's manager, Jeff Rosen, began scheduling interviews with Dylan's friends and associates. Among those interviewed were poet Allen Ginsberg and folk musician Dave Van Ronk, both of whom died before the film was completed. Dylan's old girlfriend Suze Rotolo also granted a rare interview, and she later told Rolling Stone Magazine that she was very pleased with the project's results. Dylan himself also sat for ten hours in a relaxed and open conversation with Rosen in 2000.
According to Rolling Stone magazine, an unnamed source close to the project claimed that Dylan himself had no involvement with the project apart from the interview, saying that "[Dylan] has no interest in this . . . Bob truly does not look back." However, work on the first installment of Dylan's autobiography, Chronicles, Vol. 1, did overlap production of the project, though it's unclear how much, if any, influence Chronicles may have had on No Direction Home.
Though raw material was being gathered for the project, Rosen needed someone to edit and shape it into a quality picture, and celebrated filmmaker Martin Scorsese was approached to 'direct' the documentary planned from the project. Scorsese eventually agreed and came aboard in 2001.
In the meantime, Dylan's office gathered hundreds of hours of historical film footage dating from the time covered in No Direction Home. These included a scratchy recording of Dylan's high school rock band, his 1965 screen test for Andy Warhol, and newly-discovered footage of the famous Manchester Free Trade Hall concert from May 17, 1966, when an angry fan, John Cordwell, called out "Judas!" just before Dylan and the Hawks performed "Like a Rolling Stone." Shot by D.A. Pennebaker, the onstage, color footage was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan's vaults.
[edit] Title
The title of the film takes its name from a lyric of the Dylan song, "Like a Rolling Stone", on the Highway 61 Revisited album.
[edit] Cover photo
The cover photo on the DVD package, by Barry Feinstein, shows Dylan standing in front of the Aust Ferry terminal in Gloucestershire, England, in May 1966, shortly before the opening of the Severn Bridge which replaced the ferry.
[edit] Reception
[edit] Reviews
The film received positive reviews from film critics, as review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 93% of critics gave the film positive write-ups, based on 14 reviews.[1] Critic Roger Ebert gave the film 4/4 stars, stating that it "creates a portrait that is deep, sympathetic, perceptive and yet finally leaves Dylan shrouded in mystery, which is where he properly lives".[2]
[edit] Awards
The documentary received a Peabody Award in 2006, and a Columbia-duPont Award in January 2007.
[edit] Shelton biography
No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan, Robert Shelton, 1986, Da Capo Press reprint 2003, ISBN 0-306-81287-8
[edit] References
^ "No Direction Home". Rotten Tomatoes. http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/1148076-no_direction_home_bob_dylan/. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
^ Ebert, Roger (2005-09-20). "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan". http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050919/REVIEWS/509200301/1023. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
[edit] External links
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture at the Internet Movie Database
No Direction Home at Rotten Tomatoes
No Direction Home at bbc.co.uk.
Street Scenes
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Taxi Driver
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What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
Who's That Knocking at My Door
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