Whatsitoosit

Don't look back was on VH1 last night... Dylan came across as a tough guy to talk to. I kinda liked how he handled the Journalists though... he really seemed to stay true to himself in times where most artist would sell themselves out.

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"It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile,
but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."

Gavin B.

Dylan comes off as smug and arrogant in the documentary. I felt sorry Donovan because Dylan treated him so shabbily during his visit to Dylan's hotel room. Donovan played one of his work-in-progress compositions for Dylan who appeared to be bored. When the guitar gets passed to Dylan he plays perhaps his greatest song ever It's All Over Now Baby Blue just to trump Donovan's musicianship. It was sad to watch Donovan humbly voluteering to pick up the beer bottles Dylan's entourage had been throwing out the window like he's a roadie or hanger on.

The D.A. Pennebaker documentary is a classic and his fly-on-the-wall approach reveals a great deal about Dylan. Pennebaker had control over the final editing cuts and I'm surprised Dylan relinquished those rights to him because Pennebaker included a lot of scenes that weren't exactly flattering to Dylan.

That was a long time ago and undoubtably Dylan is older and wiser. I still think he's a enigma but he manages to share a small part of himself in his autobiogrpahy.

sweet_nothing

Donovan asked Bob to play that song. And wasnt it Donovan who was throwing the bottles in the 1st place?

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Gavin B.

You're right... I never heard Donovan's request for Baby Blue because of the poor sound quality but I can hear it now that you mentioned it.

The glass throwing incident wasn't Donovan's doing. Dylan seems to have gotten into a agrugment with one of the hangers-on who was involved in the incident. It's not clear if the glass thrower was part of Donovan's group of people or another group.

Both Dylan and the glass throwing dude seem very drunk. Donovan's only words came when Dylan ordered the guy to clean up the glass and Donovan says "I'll help man." I think a lot of Dylan's surly behavior in the hotel room scene can be attributed to his inebriated state of mind. Still it was interesting that Dylan allowed Pennebaker to include that rather unflattering incident in the final cut.

You can view that section of film by going to You Tube and entering the search phrase Bob Dylan Pissed & Drunk. Sorry but I'm not able to post a direct link to the video.