Rolling Thunder Revue - A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese (2019) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing socio-political turmoil, BOB DYLAN and a band of troubadours-including luminaries such as JOAN BAEZ, ALLEN GINSBERG, and JONI MITCHELL-embarked on a now-legendary tour known as The Rolling Thunder Revue, a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carnival, part spiritual pilgrimage. Director MARTIN SCORSESE (The Irishman) blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief, with a magician's sleight of hand, into a zeitgeist-defining cultural record that is as much a concert "documentary" as it is a slippery, chimerical investigation into memory, time, truth, and illusion. At the centre of it all is the magnetic Dylan, a sphinx-like philosopher-poet singing, with electrifying conviction, to the soul of an anxious nation.

Director-Approved Special Edition Features

New 4K digital transfer, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interviews with Scorsese, editor David Tedeschi, and writer Larry “Ratso” Sloman
Restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You” and “Romance in Durango,” and of a never-before-seen cut of “Tangled Up in Blue”
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
An essay by novelist Dana Spiotta and writing from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour by author Sam Shepard and poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman

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" 'Rolling Thunder Revue': Scorseses Dylan-Doku ist einfach brillant.​ Der Filmemacher blickt zurück auf Bobs legendäre Tournee von 1975 und verwandelt einen spielentscheidenden Moment in ein Spiegelkabinett.​" (Rolling Stone)

"Was bleibt, ist, dass Scorsese uns einen Film schenkt, der wie ein großes Lagerfeuer der 70er-Jahre daherkommt, flackert und Schatten wirft, dabei wird ein wenig Gras geraucht, ein wenig soziales Bewusstsein gestreut, ein wenig Politik gemacht, ein wenig Sex gehabt – und es wird ganz viel Musik gespielt.​" (Jüdische Allgemeine)