the experimental bob dylan biopic i'm not there is a bottle season of doctor who
maybe i'll inflict this movie on whoever attends my birthday party, since that's the only way i'll ever be able to get anyone to watch it
i'm not there has a reputation for being difficult to parse if you don't know anything about the history of folk music and bob dylan, but i've never really understood that? there's certainly images and scenes whose significance might be lost on you, but what makes i'm not there Art is that it makes bob dylan an art object, uses him as a lens to examine public and private identity, the effects of making political art on the artist, the effects of fan obsession, of blindly worshipping the past
cate blanchett's scenes are legendary for a reason, but this one in particular sticks with me because my relationship to it has changed so much over the years. i remember watching this in 2009 and loving jude quinn's *vibe* but mostly thinking he was talking nonsense. completely impenetrable to me.
now i watch this scene, having endured EXTREMELY minor fame and more than a few fandom incidents myself, and all jude's lines make perfect sense, they resonate personally
[sighs mournfully] i should probably do a video about this movie
@sarahzedig if you wait till June and our visit me and Kate already want to see it
Or we could do it on discord
he literally regenerates