Saturday 3 November 2007 at 11.32pm — Liz Menon says:
'I'm not There' means just that! It's a biographical journey into Bob Dylan's life, portrayed by six actors, but Bob Dylan, as the title says, is not there! If you think an 11 yr old black boy (Marcus Carl Franklin, who is splendid ) as Bob Dylan is odd, the worse is yet to come-but that's surely the best- Dylan played by a woman! Cate Blanchett in black and white turns up as Bob Dylan and you don't for a moment suspect that it's a woman! She is just magnificent and puts the other 'Bobs' in the shade! I won't be surprized if she gets an Oscar for this! It's confusing and chaotic if you are not a Dylan fan, but entertaining till the end. The music however is real stuff and as the closing credits roll in , songs like the original ' Knock knock knock'n on heaven's door' keeps you on your seat!
'I'm not There' means just that! It's a biographical journey into Bob Dylan's life, portrayed by six actors, but Bob Dylan, as the title says, is not there! If you think an 11 yr old black boy (Marcus Carl Franklin, who is splendid ) as Bob Dylan is odd, the worse is yet to come-but that's surely the best- Dylan played by a woman! Cate Blanchett in black and white turns up as Bob Dylan and you don't for a moment suspect that it's a woman! She is just magnificent and puts the other 'Bobs' in the shade! I won't be surprized if she gets an Oscar for this! It's confusing and chaotic if you are not a Dylan fan, but entertaining till the end. The music however is real stuff and as the closing credits roll in , songs like the original ' Knock knock knock'n on heaven's door' keeps you on your seat!
A must for all.