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| ![I'm Not There [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51poLvZQjmL._SL500_.jpg)
| Actors: Cate Blanchett, Ben Whishaw, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Marcus Carl Franklin
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 584
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437953339
ASIN: B00147AJ8G
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: July 14, 2008
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 the old, weird america May 26, 2008
R. S. Everatt (WHITSTABLE, KENT United Kingdom)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'd really just like to say a word or two to those who persist in describing the Richard Gere segment of this film as its weakest point: please go back and listen to The Basement Tapes, pay attention to the sleevenotes, and if you've got the time and intellectual energy, read Greil Marcus's Invisible Republic. You will recognise all the strange characters who populate that eerie place that seems to hover between this world and some other (Marcus's Invisible Republic, or The Old, Weird America), and you will see why Gere's character is so crucial to this kaleidoscopic view of Dylan's art. I found this part of Haynes's admirably ambitious movie to be the most thrilling, and Jim James's otherworldly rendition of Goin' To Acapulco the most stunning piece of music (outside Dylan's own, naturally). Much of Dylan's best work seems always to be just beyond our grasp, which is partly why it is so compelling, but there are gateways to a deeper understanding available to us if we can be bothered to look for them. Like all gateways they can let us in or they can keep us out. Our choice. br /
 Good movie, but not a Dylan movie May 12, 2008
F. Panin (Holland)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you are expecting a "Dylan movie", be aware, this is not one. br /This is a very good movie, which takes (somewhat free) inspiration from Bob Dylan's life. br /To try to find connections, or 1-to-1 relationship, between the movie and Dylan's known biography is a mistake that I make, and leads to nowhere but disappointment. br /If one seeks for a "Dylan movie", may I suggest "No direction home" by Martin Scorsese, which is absolutely excellent. br /"I am not there" is very well-played by all actors, with some dots of genius, such as having Cate Blanchett playing the role of Jude Quinn, our "Dylan- esque" character. br /The soundtrack is excellent, a mixture of well-known songs played (very well) by a number of bands, as well as less-known ones that are a nice discovery. br /Therefore I recommend it, but I think too much emphasis has been placed by the media on Bob Dylan. If no reference at all had been made to him, perhaps one would enjoy more the movie itself. br /
the six degrees of Dylan March 19, 2008
B.
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Todd Haynes showcases the music, myth and legend of Bob Dylan for all to see. In I'm Not There, Dylan is portrayed in stages (mirroring his rise to fame)by a bevy of talented actors. Playing the skinny, androgynous Dylan in his early years, Cate Blanchett shines. She has every twitch, every disdainful look, every sarcastic comment down pat. br / br /There's also Marcus Carl Franklin as a young, black Dylan struggling to emulate his idol, Woody Guthrie. Then there's British actor Ben Whishaw, paying tribute to Dylan's admiration of Arthur Rimbaud. Christian Bale shines as a prophetic version of Dylan, and Heath Ledger delivers an amazing performance as an actor playing Dylan on screen as his marriage falls apart. Finally there's Richard Gere (in perhaps the weakest segment of all) as an aging gun slinger who goes into exile a la Dylan after his 1966 motorcycle crash. br / br /This is high, high art. You'll hear much about Cate Blanchett's portrayal, and rightfully so as she nailed it. But pay close attention to Ben Whishaw as well. For me he was the one to shine.
Annoyingly Good. March 1, 2008
I. Sidhu (Middlesex, London, UK)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Plot: br / br /Biopic of legendary singer Bob Dylan through seven different stages in the artist's life played by six different actors. The events that follow are drawn as much from Dylan's songs as from his actual biography. br / br /My Review: br / br /In short, `I'm Not There' is restless, brilliant, and so far up its own arse. It's that kind of film: abundantly engulfing with its self-ego centric demeanour, with the subject that's wholeheartedly likeable. br / br /It's all about Bobby; it's a personal elegy to him, and all albeit an allegory that tells parts of his life through the use of several actors who prove to be a well ensemble of players. It's not in order, it goes from best to worst parts of his life, and it has to be; fractionally chronological as you are meant to see his life through a mix of good and bad times. br / br /Each segment entwines with the rest, seeming almost unnoticeable. As if you almost wait to see two different Bobby's run past each other, like some corny way to go from one story to another. br / br /The Man Dylan, who is it we suspect is his true self? Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Charlotte Gainsbourg, etc all play a part in Dylan's mayhem lived lifestyle. Heath Ledger playing the easily absolved actor who could have been bigger as apposed to the singer who was made. Heath is also the failed husband, and then there's Ben Whishaw's Dylan who fathoms and tries to connect his life with the poet Rimbaud. br / br /Cate Blanchett's Dylan gives a depiction of his controversial years, where he seemed lost on what his direction of music would turn to. Blanchett is the one who most closely captures the familiar inner conflict and the more upstaged conflict that wasn't in public's eye. br / br /Verdict: br / br /Played by multi-talented actors, we are given a multi-faceted biopic of Bob Dylan in his prime. It may irritate, fine wined for some. Amazing plethora-ed depiction. 8/10.
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