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Dylan Avatars!new
Despite some boring parts, I'm Not There successfully revolutionizes the biopic.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-19-2007 |
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'I'm Not There' Proves Itself Far Too Wellnew
Before you pay good money to see the new movie about Bob Dylan, be warned the title is literal.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
12-13-2007 |
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'I'm Not There': Man for All Seasonsnew
Todd Haynes' latest wrestles with Bob Dylan's life and myth.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-28-2007 |
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'I'm Not There' Breathes Life Into the Many Sides of Bob Dylannew
Like a gem whose intrinsic flaws only make it more fascinating, Todd Haynes' biopic changes shape as you hold it to the light.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
11-27-2007 |
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Tackling Pop Culture's Greatest Enigmanew
I'm Not There turns out to be a triumph of intellect and cinematic imagination that feels light rather than heavy, and such a novel approach to film biography as to leave every Ray and Walk the Line looking especially clueless.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-26-2007 |
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'I'm Not There' is No Hagiographynew
Widely described as a tribute, it frequently comes across as a series of insults.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-26-2007 |
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The Face It Is A-Changin'new
It takes six actors to portray Bob Dylan in I'm Not There.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-26-2007 |
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Biographnew
This meditation on Bob Dylan is infused with love -- not the slavish kind but a true-eyed tribute to the artist who belongs to nobody and everybody at once.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-21-2007 |
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'I'm Not There' Is Not About Dylan, It's About Haynesnew
Altogether, Todd Haynes' film is a presumptuous act of reverse hubris. No one should expect to be entertained by the story it doesn’t tell or the blind alleys it revisits.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-21-2007 |
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Todd Haynes Dives Deep into Dylan With 'I'm Not There'new
With this, his most ambitious work to date, Haynes' affection for re-creating the past finds its match in his innovative dissection of a complex artist's soul.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
11-21-2007 |
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'I'm Not There' Takes on Bob Dylan, in All His Complexitynew
Todd Haynes' approach is daring, complex and brilliantly suited to his subject.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
11-20-2007 |
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The Freewheelin' Todd Haynes' 'I'm Not There'new
Hoping to write about Todd Haynes' new not-a-biopic of Bob Dylan almost feels like trying to write footnotes to footnotes, a circular exercise that would wind even the fabulist likes of Jorge Luis Borges.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-14-2007 |
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