Wordiezett So much average

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

KissEnglishPasto ........ ........... ....................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA and ORLANDO, FL No Direction Home is, without a doubt, the very best music-themed Documentary I have ever seen in my life! For anyone who considers themselves someone with a special interest in pop culture, music, sociology or even contemporary history, this mesmerizing Martin Scorsese documentary not only is a "Must see", but I would say a "Must have"! (As in "your collection"!) Here we gain the most fascinating insight into many aspects of Dylan's early career, his creative process, his relationships with other artists and music industry insiders, (particularly with one time love interest, Joan Baez) and the general interaction of Bob Dylan, his music, his growing popularity and the overall effect of these on our culture in the 1960's! Some of what is covered I think I was previously aware of, some of it, I wasn't, and quite a bit of it had simply been forgotten, owing to the half a century that has passed! What surprised me most in DIRECTION HOME? Well, Joan Baez is interviewed extensively and has perhaps the most on-screen time other than Bob Dylan himself. In the 60's and 70's, I always admired Baez as a very talented, outspoken and highly principled young woman …But, quite honestly, never considered her as being very attractive. She has to be, what?...Like mid-to late 50's when she was interviewed for this documentary. To see her now, so mature, articulate, radiant, overflowing with self- confidence…Well, let's just say that all of this made it EXTREMELY HARD for me to overlook her on screen appearance! Well, I certainly hope this review did not contain too much information! 9*....................................ENJOY!/DISFRUTELA! Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en Español, are most welcome!.....KissEnglishPasto@Yahoo.com

Wendy Darling It's a Saturday night and I just finished watching Part 1 of this and OMG, it is AMAZING. Above all the best part is hearing Dylan explain -himself- rather than someone else explaining -him-. On top of that, he is straightforward, not seeming to play mind games or be elusive. There are plenty of other great people brought in too, everyone from Allen Ginsberg to Joan Baez to Pete Seeger to Liam Clancy to Mitch Miller. And on top of THAT, there are musical performances brought in throughout, not just Dylan but people - country, folk, blues, rock - from the 50s and 60s who influenced him and the times. Overall the movie does a great job of taking you back to a particular time in history, so it's not just abut one person but the times. In this way it's quite a lot like The Nomi Song, one of my all-time favorite movies and another great, great music documentary - about the late 70s / early 80s in the underground NYC punk/experimental scene. Anyway, just great and I'll be speeding the Netflix envelope back on Monday morning so I can see Part 2 as soon as possible.

davidgarnes This is an utterly fascinating film that focuses on a critical period in Dylan's early professional life (early 1960s). In addition to the wonderful footage of circa 2005 Dylan talking directly on camera, there are great comments and recollections by not only Joan Baez but also people I'd hadn't heard talk about Dylan before: Allen Ginsburg, Dave Van Ronk (both of them died before the film came out, I believe); Mike Bloomfield; and one of my favorites whom we don't see enough of, Maria Muldaur. There is also generous footage of Dylan performing, particularly during the "acoustic to electric" period, and, specifically, of performances in Britain. What is absolutely fascinating is to see and hear the very young and incredibly confident Dylan, and then the extensive comments the mature, more introspective Dylan makes about this early period in his life.

evening1 This is a very compelling couple of hours with an American icon and some of the musicians and friends who admire him (like the still incredibly voiced Liam Clancy).Dylan is always interesting to listen to. I liked his casual, no-bullshit intimations. It's cool to hear that early girlfriends brought out the poet in him. But much is left out of the version of this doc I caught on "American Masters" on PBS.Dylan seems to shun or have no interest at all in his family of origin and certainly his Jewish heritage. It's as if he told Scorsese these topics were off-limits and that was that. Nor does he say a word about his son, who is also a singer of some renown.I loved the film clips of singers who influenced Dylan: John Jacob Niles, an incredible, guitar-slamming Odetta, Tommy Makem, and early idol Woody Guthrie ("You could listen to his songs and learn how to live!" Dylan says). Frustratingly, some talking heads aren't identified, including a woman who may have been a mate of Dylan, and, probably, the poet Alan Ginsburg.There are even a few surprises here. Dylan dreamed of going to West Point but couldn't get in? Huh? This film is definitely worth seeing and hearing!