Synopsis
Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.
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Cast
- Bob DylanSelf
- Allen GinsbergThe Oracle of Delphi
- Patti SmithThe Punk Poet
- Martin von HaselbergThe Filmmaker
- Scarlet RiveraThe Queen of Swords
- Joan BaezThe Balladeer
- Roger McGuinnThe Minstrel
- Larry SlomanThe Rolling Stone Reporter
- James GianopulosThe Promoter
- Jack ElliottThe Sailor
- 100
The Guardian
This is an immersive experience, like being plunged back into the 70s. There is passion there. No matter how chaotic or bleary things get, no one is in any doubt that the music counts. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
Full of eye-opening musical performances, the film also sparkles with tongue-in-cheek humor, and features contemporary interviews that are often far from what they seem. You have to go back to After Hours to find a Scorsese film with a similarly mischievous wit. - 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Scorsese has done nothing less than rescue this evanescent moment and brought it into the light, 45 years later, a glorious and slightly miraculous resurrection of a transcendent enterprise that would have otherwise passed into the mists of time. - 90
Variety
Rolling Thunder Revue celebrates the let’s-try-it-on, let-it-all-hang-out spirit of the era, and as a time capsule the film is a gift that keeps on giving. - 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The entire production entertainingly coalesces into part concert doc, part cultural artifact, part “gotcha!” stunt, and part meditation on the fickle, fleeting nature of creativity. - 86
TheWrap
This particular “Bob Dylan Story” proves that at least in terms of the tour, and possibly Dylan himself, what’s on the surface is plenty fascinating no matter how much or little you get at anything underneath. - 83
Consequence
Both Dylan and Scorsese cast a spell in Rolling Thunder Revue, one that Dylan fans will gratefully fall under. - 83
The Film Stage
Scorsese and his production team have created an incredible document of one of the 20th century’s most complicated personalities, and one that feels close to being a great film.