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Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back(1967)
When acclaimed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebakerfilmed Bob Dylan during a three-week concert tour of England in the spring of 1965, he had no idea he was about to lens one of the 1960s most iconic feature films. Wanting to make more than just a concert film, Pennebaker decided to seek out both the public and private Bob Dylan. With unobtrusive equipment and rare access to the elusive performer, he achieved a fly-on-the-wall view of one of the most influential musicians of any era -- and redefined filmmaking along the way. For more about Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back and the Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back Blu-ray release, see the Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back Blu-ray Review Director: D.A. Pennebaker Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back Blu-ray, Video QualityDon't Look Back was filmed on the fly with 16mm handheld cameras (an early use of the still bulky "portable" cameras of those days), so don't expect high definition wonderment from this AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.33:1. On the whole, though, Don't Look Back looks at the very least decent, if oftentimes the image is hobbled by inconsistent (and frequently inadequate) contrast. Black levels never are overtly milky, and are in fact rather richly "oily" a lot of the time, but the poor contrast makes a lot of shots suffer from rather bad crush and murkiness. Grain is more than abundant and gives several low contrast sequences a noisy ambience. None of this should really scare you off, however. The image is reasonably well defined and in the outdoor and brightly lit sequences, it looks rather good, considering its 16mm source elements and its age. The print, while showing occasional dirt, flecks and other debris, is in noticeably better shape than the at times pretty badly damaged one for 65 Revisited. Considering the historical importance of this documentary, no one should be too horribly disappointed with Don't Look Back's acceptable image quality. Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back Blu-ray, Audio QualityMuch better than the image quality is the excellent, if narrow, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mix accompanying this film. The narrow soundfield means that some of the crowded spoken scenes can sound confusing and muddled at times, but that's a passing qualm. What's great about this lossless track is its excellent fidelity in reproducing some wonderful early Dylan performances. While the original recording methods probably left a lot to be desired, there's a rather surprising lack of hiss and tinniness in any of these performances, save for the rinky-dink upright piano which Dylan pounds on a time or two. Dylan's guitar rings out loud and clear and his voice, though as "mumbly" as always, also sounds clear and well defined. This isn't a state of the art soundtrack by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a really well done lossless reproduction of a vintage track that is most likely going to delight most Dylan fans.
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back Blu-ray, News and Updates• Bob Dylan's Dont Look Back & The Other Side of the Mirror Blu-ray... - March 31, 2011 Two classic Bob Dylan documentaries have been announced for release on Blu-ray on April
26: Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back from Docurama Films The Other Side of the
Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Festival 1963-1965 from Legacy/Columbia. Each
provides a ... • Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back Blu-ray Coming Up - December 15, 2010 Docurama Films is entering Blu-ray with the release of Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back, which according to retailer information will come out on April 26, 2011, in a BD/DVD edition. This celebrated music documentary, directed by D.A. Pennebaker, follows singer-songwriter ... |
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