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Isn't the whole point that he's being played by several different actors, each representing a different aspect of his life or music or persona?

 

See, I'm way too linear for that kind of thinking. While I appreciate it (and may even appreciate the results) -- it would never occur to me that it is the right way to proceed if you want it to be "right".

 

I would never be a surrealist -- still lifes (lives?) for me :lol

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No, it definitely doesn't make much sense, although I do agree that Blanchett could be made to vaguely look like late 60s Dylan.

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Click if you dare.

 

 

Holy Shit :-O

 

If I didn't know who this was from the captions of the photo, I would think it was a crack whore of a meth head.

 

She needs help...now

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I just don't get why someone(s) would cast a woman -- even someone as good as Cate Blanchett -- to play a man is baffling. I mean, the physiology is all wrong no matter how butch she may be, with a woman's center of gravity in her hips and a man's in his shoulders.

 

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I don't believe that's really her. It looks nothing like her. It looks more like Mary Kate Ashley Olsen's meth-addicted older sister.

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I think I just accidently discovered one of the most disturbing (non porn) sites on the Internets.

 

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I think I just accidently discovered one of the most disturbing (non porn) sites on the Internets.

This has gotta be the first time "porn" and "accidently" have been in a believable sentence ever.

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due to how much respect i have for her i'd be inclined to say there's a valid reason for it (i.e. related to a part she is playing - currently filming a David Fincher project)

 

not like everyone was jumping up and down about how Christian Bale looked when he was shooting The Machinist, or De Niro during Raging Bull, blah blah

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that freaked me out just a little.

 

I might have preferred no-name actors recreate those scenes so I'm not distracted thinking about "that's blanchett playing dylan, how is she doing?"

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That clip deserves a thread of its own. Weird, wild, wacky stuff.

 

Was that supposed to Bob Neuwirth or John Lennon in the limo with Dylan? It looked like Neuwirth, but some of his dialogue seemed to quote Lennon from the Eat the Document limo ride outtake.

 

I thought it looked very interesting too - at least I'm excited to see this, when I've never been interested in musical biopics before. I think it was Bob Neuwirth from his look. I just think they were mashing up a whole bunch of references into one scene - like at the end when Neuwirth says "See Ya Later Allen Ginsberg" which is the song from the Basement Tapes.

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CATE AND CROSS, DYLAN AND GINSBERG

07.14.07

By Jeremy Smith

Contributing sources: Ain't it Cool News

 

http://chud.com/nextraimages/dylaninprofile.jpgHad the below clip of Cate Blanchett inhabiting the body of a twenty-four-year-old Bob Dylan following the troubadour's electric transgression at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival appeared before I began categorizing the year's remaining films, I would've bumped Todd Haynes's I'm Not There up to "Sure Thing" status. Because something is happening here, and I sure dig whatever it is. Do you, Mr. Jones?

 

Haynes's intent with the Dylan-sanctioned I'm Not There is to "ruminate" on the life of a shape-shifter from his folkie origins to his contentious reign as the preeminent (pop cultural) voice of the 1960s counterculture to his surprising, "Gotta Serve Somebody" Born Again epiphany to, ultimately, his practically unchallenged modern-day deification. The Dylan seal of approval likely guarantees that we won't be seeing or hearing much about his shabby treatment of Joan Baez or the accusations of plagiarism which have hounded him throughout his career - and that's okay in the context of what Haynes is doing. At least this isn't going to be one of those "great man" biopics like Ray or Walk the Line, both of which, despite their compelling lead performances, are shit. By selecting a number of different actors with wildly different personae to interpret the too-rapidly-evolving Dylan (no one changes that drastically that often without an eye toward their own legacy), Haynes may be able to subtly critique the artist while examining his galvanic impact on our culture.

 

That seems to be what's going on in this first glimpse of Haynes's movie, in which Dylan goes fanboy-giddy over meeting Alan Ginsberg (David Cross). The singer-songwriter-Judas seems more impressed with the attention he now commands than anything else. If the rest of I'm Not There is this sharply observed, we're in for something special.

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I might have preferred no-name actors recreate those scenes so I'm not distracted thinking about "that's blanchett playing dylan, how is she doing?"

I know what you mean, but I can answer that she's doing fantastic in that scene.

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I know what you mean, but I can answer that she's doing fantastic in that scene.

 

She has the mannerisms down pat...plus David Cross as Alan Ginsberg is inspired casting.

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David Cross as Alan Ginsberg is inspired casting.

I hope I can buy it - I managed to take him seriously in Eternal Sunshine after all - but his appearance in that scene brought visions of a lost Mr. Show skit.

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