Well, here's a website on Dylan's movie, due for showing week after next at Sundance, complete with some clips. After watching a chunk of Renaldo & Clara yesterday, it's hard to be very optimistic about this thing. Dylan's history in movies, with a couple exceptions (Pat Garret & Billy the Kid, the small appearance in Backtrack with Jodie Foster), Bob hasn't acquitted himself very well onscreen. It's hard to imagine him really playing a "character" in this, and the story looks really obvious to me. Hope I'm wrong. [Expecting Rain]

Jack Fate: a cult musician--once a presence on the radar of popular culture--someone who had it all but didn't care. Twenty years ago, he refused to cooperate with the powers that were and parlay his early success into a career. Instead, he has lived the past few decades in relative obscurity, playing honky tonks and bars, in and out of the county lock-up, content to be a wandering minstrel.

This almost sounds like the career Dylan wishes he would have had. I guess, looking back at some of those albums and some of those careers, and lots of missed chances, this alternate reality might be a tempting role to play. Did Bob refuse to cooperate with the powers that be? Or were some of his talents squandered in other ways for which he might be more responsible?[Steve's No Direction Home Page]

thanks steve. i'm sill hangin' onto a slim bit of hope...