Release of "A Perfect Stranger": fragmented visions of Bob Dylan on screen

A Complete Unknown is more than a Bob Dylan biopic

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Release of "A Perfect Stranger": fragmented visions of Bob Dylan on screen

NEWS ANALYSIS. While James Mangold's film 'A Complete Unknown' rejects the conventions of the biopic and leaves the mystery surrounding the singer intact, we take a look back at images – clichés, masks, disguises and self-portraits – dating back three-quarters of a century.

Since I am currently an hour away from going to a preview of the new film A Complete Unknown, about the early career of the soon-to-be 84-year-old Bob Dylan, it must be said: He is not much of a singer.

On the occasion of the theatrical release of the film "A Perfect Stranger" with Timothée Chalamet, here is the story, as if you were there, of the evening when music entered a new era. On July 25, 1965 at the Newport Festival, Bob Dylan electrified folk under a stormy sky. A betrayal for some, a [...]