“It’s such an amazing time in American culture and the story of a young, 19-year-old Bob Dylan coming to New York with like two dollars in his pocket and becoming a worldwide sensation within three years — first being embraced into the family of folk music in New York and then, of course, kind of outrunning them at a certain point as his star rises so beyond belief,” Mangold said. “It’s such an interesting true story and about such an interesting moment in the American scene.” Indiewire
And becoming “a worldwide sensation”? Like, a star? A celebrity?
That’s a pretty disturbing comment to hear from a director preparing to make a movie about the most provocative, original, and compelling singer-songwriter of his era.
It’s a great story because he became rich and famous? That’s the American dream! Soon, he is wearing the clothes that stars wear and eating in restaurants frequented by Barbara Walters and Henry Kissinger!
I am not a fan of Timothy Chalamet. I just can’t find gay actors romancing young women in a movie convincing. In the back of my mind a little voice keeps telling me “he’s not interested in a girl.” Worse, Chalamet is one of those actors who, like Leonardo Di Carpio, calibrates his performance to other actors’ performances, to what they think a real actor would do– what has received critical opprobrium and public esteem– rather than to the psychological reality of the character they are playing.
Christian Bale is a great example of an actor who does dig deep into the character and brings out unexpected nuance and subtlety. His performance in films like “American Psycho” and “Shame” are brilliant.
I wish he had been chosen for this role.
But, my wife says, he doesn’t look like Bob Dylan.
C’est la vie.