The film focuses on the singer’s meteoric rise to fame and the turning point in his career from the 1960s onwards.
Will Timothée Chalamet live up to the illustrious Bob Dylan he is set to play on screen? The answer will come in January with the release ofA Perfect Stranger (A Complete Unknown in English), biopic dedicated to the musician. For now, we have to be content with the trailer for the project.
We see the young Dylan wandering the streets of New York, with his guitar. Then we find him on stage, inspired by the father of bohemian musicians Woody Guthrie. “ He came out of nowhere and played us a song. At that moment, we felt like we were getting a glimpse of the future. »testifies the folk guitarist played by Scoot McNairy. We then see the artist gaining fame, concerts with an audience that becomes increasingly large, crowds asking for autographs. The singer also falls in love. But ” watch out, the flood is coming ” warns the trailer.
Directed by James Mangold, who also directed the biopic Walk The Lineabout Johnny Cash, the film focuses on the beginning of Bob Dylan’s career and his meteoric rise. Sylvie Russo, Bob Dylan’s girlfriend, is played by Elle Fanning, Joan Baez by Monica Barbaro and Edward Norton is revealed in the costume of Pete Seeger, the friend from the beginning. The film is inspired by the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald.
A successful biopic?
These two minutes of trailer seem convincing, as reported by the American media Variety who interviewed authors, journalists and academics specializing in Bob Dylan. I guarantee everyone will be lining up to see the movie when it comes out. ” anticipates Steve Jenkins, director of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, adding that ” The camera loves Chalamet, so he certainly looks great as Dylan. “.
” I think most Bob Dylan fans, even the most cynical ones, will be very excited now. “, continues KG Miles, author of Bob Dylan in the Big Apple. ” The way he strums the strings, the way his right hand moves on the strings, it’s perfect. He’s obviously watched a lot of videos of Bob playing. ” says Anne Margaret Daniel, a musician and professor who teaches a course on Bob Dylan at the New School.
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