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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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
Bulging at the Seamsnew
The two-CD soundtrack to Todd Haynes' stylistic new Bob Dylan pic I'm Not There features 33 covers by no fewer than 25 artists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Debbie Michaud |
11-28-2007 |
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Tags: I'm Not There, Various Artists
'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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Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes on 'I'm Not There'new
"I really think of Dylan as the consummate performer, even more than being this amazing singer and songwriter and wordsmith," Haynes explains.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
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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Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
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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Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
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 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'I'm Not There' Soundtrack is for the Bob-ologistsnew
The covers on the soundtrack for the defiantly eccentric Dylan biopic are positively reverent, all the more curious because they're coming from such an irreverent collection of indie rockers.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Various Artists
