23° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Americana

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Country: USA
Year: 2005
Duration: 201\'


The film concentrates on the crucial period between 1961 and 1966, when Dylan’s fame rose and was consolidated. From young folksinger who loved Woody Guthrie to voice and inspiration of an entire generation with epoch-making albums like Blonde on Blonde.
 
“I have always been a Dylan fan. I admire his continuous transformations. He’s a fascinating and enigmatic artist who has always stimulated and moved me. Rather than deal with him directly and risk losing my objectivity, I preferred to find the story and let it tell itself without any interference. The main theme is the anger his fans felt when Dylan introduced the electric guitar. Something else that comes through is that impertinent aspect of Dylan’s that has always intrigued me. He even steps back from himself when he says, ‘I don’t know how to self-analyze my songs.’ And I know what he means. A real artist doesn’t let himself be leashed by explanations.” (M. Scorsese)

Biography

film director

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese (New York, NY, USA, 1942) graduated from New York University in 1964 and debuted in feature films three years later with Who’s That Knocking at My Door? His films include Mean StreetsTaxi Driver (Golden Palm in Cannes in 1976), Raging BullGoodfellas, CasinoGangs of New York andThe Departed (Oscar for best director), making him – right from the 1970s – one of the most important American filmmakers. 

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography

Who’s That Knocking at My Door? (Chi sta bussando alla mia porta?, 1967)Mean Streets (Mean Streets - Domenica in chiesa, lunedì all’inferno, 1973),Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Alice non abita più qui, 1974), Taxi Driver(id., 1976), New York, New York (id., 1977), The Last Waltz (L’ultimo valzer, 1978), Raging Bull (Toro scatenato, 1980), The King of Comedy (Re per una notte, 1983), After Hours (Fuori orario, 1985), The Last Temptation of Christ(L’ultima tentazione di Cristo, 1988), Goodfellas (Quei bravi ragazzi, 1990),Cape Fear (Cape Fear - Il promontorio della paura, 1991), The Age of Innocence (L’età dell’innocenza, 1993), Casino (Casinò, 1995), Kundun (id.,1997), Bringing Out the Dead (Al di là della vita, 2000), Gangs of New York(id., 2002), The Aviator (id., 2004), No Direction Home - Bob Dylan (id., doc., 2005), The Departed (The Departed - Il bene e il male, 2006), Shutter Island(id., 2010), George Harrison - Living in the Material World (doc., 2011).

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