Direct Cinema: The Films of D.A. Pennebaker: Dont Look Back

Showings

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Fri, Nov 1, 2019 9:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:96 min
Copyright:1969
Country Listing:USA
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):D.A. Pennebaker

Description

Don't miss this rare opportunity to see D.A. Pennebaker’s classic fly-on-the-wall documentary following Bob Dylan’s 1965 tour of England. From his sardonic and quotable anti-social one-liners, to flashing cue cards for Subterranean Homesick Blues in an alley, Dylan is exquisitely impenetrable here, always wary of how his persona, his art and his fame are framed. An endlessly iconic tribute to the enigmatic musician, Pennebaker’s groundbreaking film intimately captures a pivotal time for Dylan and the zeitgeist as he transformed from just another folk singer into a defining figure of the 1960s.

Additional Information

Direct Cinema: The Films of D.A. PennebakerPay tribute to late verité master D.A. Pennebaker with five must-see films that defined the documentary giant’s ground-breaking career—and brought us inside pivotal moments in the history of music, politics and counterculture.

“Unmistakably iconic stuff...simultaneously immortalizes and obfuscates its subject.” – Slant Magazine

“It still sets the standard for the rock documentary.” – The Guardian