I watched it twice this past weekend & liked it also. I thought the actor who portrayed Johnny Cash also did a good job. He reminded me more of Cash than Joaquin Phoenix did! Chalamet’s performance was a very good one, Same with Barbaro & Ed Norton as Pete Seager. The movie was very good but i knew it didn’t have much of a chance to nab the Oscar since several of the other movies were simply better & more Oscar-worthy. Anora winning was no surprise for me. Mikey Madison’s win was but i was extremely happy she won because it was well deserved & she carried that movie. Many were disappointed Demi Moore didn’t win but to be honest when i watched The Substance i felt that she easily could have been nominated for the best supporting actress award since Margaret Qualley had as much screen time as she did & her own performance was as good in my opinion.A Complete Unknown
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Watched this a few days ago and i really enjoyed it.
It's a biopic, very classic in its structure (chronological narration), so don't expect too much originality, at least in its form.
Of course, it relies a lot on the story and actors's performance.
The story is well known, it starts at the beginning of Dylan's career, with him meeting Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger and ends when he chose to use electric instruments on stage, around the release of the "Highway 61 Revisited" album.
The performances, especially Chalamet's are top notch, apparently him and other actors also performed the songs which is also quite impressive especially in the case of Monica Barbaro who plays Joan Baez.
As classic as the movie may be it provides a lot of emotions and that's what movies are supposed to do i guess, so if you're interested in Dylan's life and this kind of music, i recommend it, it won't change your life but you'll probably leave the theater with a smile.
For those who didn't know Pete Seeger's work, but love classic rock, i would recommend Bruce Springsteen's "We shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (2006), and the live performance of the same songs (In Ireland obviously) the next year in "Live In Dublin"
Speaking of Robert Zimmerman i discovered his music in the late 80’s. Then in the early 2000’s i saw him in concert in Montreal & it was the worse concert i had ever seen in my entire life! But i still remain a fan of his early work. Not much a fan of his post 80’s work though!
