NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN
5:00
Saturday, December 10
Tickets will be distributed at our box office on day of show, Dec 10 only, beginning at 12 noon -- on a suggested donation basis: $14 regular/$8 member. There is a limit of two per customer.
(2006, Martin Scorsese) On December 10, 2016, the Nobel Committee will award the prize for literature to Bob Dylan. To mark this occasion, we are presenting a special screening of Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary, NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN – a masterful portrait of the singer/songwriter’s life from 1961 to 1966 – focusing on his journey from his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota through his emergence in the folk music scene of Greenwich Village, to his controversial decision to “go electric” and his rise to the pinnacle of worldwide fame. Featuring interviews with artists and musicians whose lives intertwined with Dylan’s during this period – including Dave van Ronk, Allen Ginsberg, Suze Rotolo, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Maria Muldaur, Liam Clancy – and a deeply reflective interview with Dylan himself shot exclusively for this film. Filled with dynamic performance footage – including songs from the 1963/1964/1965 Newport Folk Festivals (shot by Murray Lerner) – and rare, previously unreleased footage, like excerpts from D.A. Pennebaker’s unreleased EAT THE DOCUMENT, illustrating Dylan’s tumultuous 1966 tour of the UK with The Hawks (aka The Band). 208 mins. DCP.
Special thanks to Margaret Bodde, Mark McElhattan and David Tedeschi (Sikelia Productions), Nigel Sinclair (White Horse Pictures), and Arjun Pulijal (Universal Music Group).
A deluxe 10th anniversary edition of NO DIRECTION HOME, with over 2 ½ hours of bonus content, is available at NDH10.com
Reviews
“The ultimate rock & roll odyssey…masterfully directed by Martin Scorsese, this is an electrifying account of an unprecedented life.”
– David Fricke, Rolling Stone
“A portrait that is deep, sympathetic, perceptive and yet finally leaves Dylan shrouded in mystery, which is where he properly lives.”
– Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“Revelatory. A triumph. An honest documentary that rejects myths about rock music’s greatest songwriter and attempts to capture the truth about Bob Dylan… Martin Scorsese has created a document that will satiate Dylan fans over repeated viewings and should bring naysayers into the Dylan fold… A riveting collection of performance clips of the young, folkie and early electric Dylan…(Scorsese) has tied the story together with insights from Dylan’s inner-circle…and he has captured the performer at his most thoughtful. Some of the footage will startle even the most dedicated Dylanologists.”
– Phil Gallo, Variety