Dont Look Back 65 Tour Deluxe Edition (D.A. Pennebaker)

[Ste]

Bob Dylan Dont Look Back 65 Tour Deluxe Edition

DVD Features:

* Available Subtitles: English
* Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
* Disc 1: Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
* Commentary by director D.A. Pennebaker and tour road manager Bob Neuwirth
* Five additional uncut audio tracks
* Alternate version of the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" cue-card sequence
* Original theatrical trailer
* D.A. Pennebaker filmography
* Bob Dylan discography
* Cast and crew biographies
* Disc 2: Bob Dylan 65 Revisited
* A new work compiled by D.A. Pennebaker from over 20 hours of never-before-seen footage
* Commentary by director D.A. Pennebaker and tour road manager Bob Neuwirth
* Also includes:
* 168-page companion book including a complete transcription of the film, over 200 photos, and a new forward by D.A. Pennebaker
* Collectible "Subterranean Homesick Blues" flipbook

Don't Look Back is coming soon from Docurama. I've been tempted several times over the last year to replace my long-gone original DVD; I'm glad I held off now.

At the risk of derailing this thread before it has even begun, does anyone have an opinion on the controversial -- and still officially unavailable -- 1966 follow up, Eat the Document? It takes a few viewings to get into, but personally I love it even more than Don't Look Back. Dylan's 1966 tour was the high-water mark of '60s live music, IMO, and possibly the greatest rock 'n' roll tour of all time. Plus, I find the life-on-the-road vibe much more believable than the staged-for-the-camera feel of DLB.

[Floyd]

Wow, how didn't I see about this beforehand? Hm, it is being released on my birthday... this is an obvious gift choice some lucky person will get to give me. Thanks for just letting me know this is coming out. Dont Look Back is certainly different than Eat The Document that is for sure, Dylan has discussed it before as more he was aware of being a character for that rather than what Eat The Document shows of the blistering world shaking act that Dylan unveiled with the Hawks.

I certainly love them both very much but it is difficult to not forever have that opening sequence of Dylan snorting the cocaine off the table then the words Eat The Document appear on the screen etched in my mind. The performances he had with the Hawks too in Eat The Document are unmatched in my opinion. Watching him dazedly just rip apart Like A Rolling Stone or Ballad of a Thin Man is an unbelievable feeling to me. It just doesn't get better.

[montgomery]

I too love Eat the Document more than Don't Look Back. It's among my favorite films.

[ltfontaine]

A friend who's publishing an upcoming review of the DVD, and whose knowledge of Dylan is encyclopedic, says that the audio commentary by Pennebaker and Bobby Neuwirth is really quite good. He also praises the edited footage on the second disc as nearly equal in quality to Don't Look Back itself, including some truly rare performances, such as an ultra-scarce rendering of "If You Gotta Go, Go Now." Inclusion of the facsimile book is a nice touch.

Pennebaker provides a tantalizing, if frustrating, sorting out of Don't Look Back, Eat the Document, and You Know Something's Happening in this interview. It's discouraging to realize that vicissitudes of ownership and other questions of artistic control make it unlikely that a definitive cinematic version of this footage will surface in the near future.

[Rich Malloy]

Very much looking forward to this upgrade - when is the release date (or what's your birthday, floyd)?

[skuhn8]

Very much looking forward to this upgrade - when is the release date (or what's your birthday, floyd)?

I think we can wish Floyd a happy B-day Feb. 27th?

[Floyd]

Yeah, I forgot that the website didn't point out which date it came out, saw it on DDD. It is February 27th.

[davebert]

Please let there be subtitles.

[Gordon]

Lennon subtly taking the piss out of a nauseous Dylan in Eat the Document makes the mind reel. I'd love to see a legit DVD.

[Ste]

Have you seen the full 20-minute "taxi-cab" (it's actually a private car) outtake from Eat the Document, Gordo? Lennon comes across as rather smug and boorish, IMO. (But then again, I can't stand The Beatles.) The brief clip that made the final cut is definitely the best bit of a very dull sequence.

[Gordon]

No, I haven't seen the unedited outtake. I also don't like the Beatles, and I agree that Lennon could be boorish at times. It would actually have been great if Dylan had barfed on him on film.

[Lino]

DVD Talk review.

[Ste]

With all the hubbub yesterday over the WB chat, it seems the new releases got overlooked slightly. But I'm here to testify that this one did indeed hit the shelves, and it is STUNNING. The packaging is gorgeous: thick, sumptuous card throughout, cool little re-pro of the original transcript book, and a cheeky little flipbook of the famous Subterranean Homesick Blues cue-card scene. Dare I say it, better-than-Criterion presentation?

The 65-minutes of outtakes are pure gold, including many complete -- or near as dammit -- songs, and a number of off-stage moments with fans that show a softer side of Dylan than is depicted in the main feature. And yet another alternate cue-card scene, with a windswept Bob having trouble keeping hold of both the cards and his composure.

Highly recommended for anyone with even the remotest interest in Dylan.

[Gordon]

Okay, Steve, you finally sold me on this set! Expensive, but it sounds well worth it.

[domino harvey]

picked it up for $29 at DVDPlanet thanks to this thread, need something to wash Christensen's "performance" in Factory Girl out of my mind