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Scorsese Gets Playful with Dylan in 'Rolling Thunder Revue' Film

Film director Martin Scorsese has made his second film about singer -- and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature -- Bob Dylan. The film mixes fact and imaginative¹ fiction.

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story will be released² on Netflix and in limited movie theaters on Wednesday.

It shows one of the singer’s strangest musical tours - his 1975 trip around the United States. That tour had the playfulness of old vaudeville³ performances and much of it was captured⁴ on film.

The Rolling Thunder tour included singers Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Roger McGuinn as well as the poet Allen Ginsberg. Rock and roll singer Mick Ronson also joined the group. They played in small theaters without much publicity⁵, although Dylan was a major star at the time.

“It wasn’t a success, not if you measure success in terms of profit. But it was an adventure,” Dylan says in Scorsese’s film.

Dylan shaped some of what cameramen shot in the 1978 film Renaldo and Clara. Critics and audiences hated it. Dylan never again tried to direct a film.

Scorsese’s movie is taken from over 100 hours of film footage shot in 1975. It has commentary⁶ from Dylan and Baez, with interviews with Sharon Stone and other actors who tell untrue stories about their supposed involvement with the tour.

“We are not calling it a documentary⁷,” said Margaret Bodde. She is one of the producers.

Scorsese used a different method in his earlier movie about Dylan. No Direction Home from 2005 was a traditional documentary about the singer’s early life. In the 1960s, Dylan changed from someone who left college to sing folk music to an international rock star.

The new film shows Dylan in 1975 performing songs such as Mr. Tambourine⁸ Man and Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door in white face paint.

“There’s just a certain kind of connection to the audience that he seemed to have on this tour that I think will blow everyone’s minds,” Bodde said.

The movie’s fictional⁹ stories “really grew out of the spirit of the tour,” she said. “Because Bob looks so different on that tour and he’s kind of an actor.”

One of the fictional people in the film is an unpleasant Dutch filmmaker who is trying to film the whole trip. He is played by Bette Midler’s husband, Martin von Haselberg.

In a false interview, the Dutchman is angry that Dylan never answers his questions with real answers.

Scorsese did not use the film that Dylan used in his movie Renaldo and Clara.

“The tour itself -- not that movie -- that’s what we were interested in,” said David Tedeschi. He is one of the editors on the Scorsese film.

In one part, Dylan and Baez meet at a bar. Baez is wearing a wedding dress. The two former lovers¹⁰ talk about why they each married someone else.

I’m Susan Shand.

Words in This Story

fiction – n. something that is not true

tour – n. a journey through the different parts of a country, region¹¹,

vaudeville – n. a type of entertainment that was popular in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and that had many different performers doing songs, dances, and comic acts

audience – n. the people who attend a performance

folk music - n. the traditional music of the people in a country or region

1 imaginative   

adj.富有想象力的，爱想象的

参考例句：

• The imaginative child made up fairy stories.这个想像力丰富的孩子自己编神话故事。
• Scott was an imaginative writer.司格特是位富于想象力的作家。

2 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

3 vaudeville   

n.歌舞杂耍表演

参考例句：

• The standard length of a vaudeville act was 12 minutes.一个杂耍节目的标准长度是12分钟。
• The mayor talk like a vaudeville comedian in his public address.在公共演讲中，这位市长讲起话来像个歌舞杂耍演员。

4 captured   

俘获( capture的过去式和过去分词 )； 夺取； 夺得； 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）

参考例句：

• Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers. 盟军俘虏了300多名敌方士兵。
• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。

5 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

6 commentary   

n.评论，评注；实况广播报导，现场口头评述

参考例句：

• He is giving the commentary on the basketball game.他正在对篮球赛作评论。
• His running commentary on the football match was excellent.他对这次足球赛所作的实况报道十分精彩。

7 documentary   

adj.文献的；n.纪录片

参考例句：

• This case lacked documentary proof.本案缺少书面证据。
• I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。

8 tambourine   

n.铃鼓，手鼓

参考例句：

• A stew without an onion is like a dance without a tambourine.烧菜没有洋葱就像跳舞没有手鼓。
• He is really good at playing tambourine.他很擅长演奏铃鼓。

9 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

10 lovers   

爱好者( lover的名词复数 )； 情人； 情夫； 情侣

参考例句：

• They were off-screen lovers. 他们是真实生活中的情侣。
• Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧和朱丽叶这一对莎士比亚笔下命运多舛的恋人

11 region   

n.地区，地带，区域；范围，幅度

参考例句：

• The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
• It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。