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Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time to Think

By (author) Michael Glover Smith

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Bob Dylan as Filmmaker, the first book of its kind, opens up exciting new ways to think about the artistry of Bob Dylan.Â It offers a captivating exploration into movies that, according to Michael, showcase Bob Dylan not just as a subject, but as theÂ primary author. These includeÂ Eat the Documentâ€”a short, experimental television film shot in 1966 and released in 1972; the sprawling, genre-blurring epicÂ Renaldo and ClaraÂ (1978), both directed by Dylan himself; and the darkly surrealÂ Masked and AnonymousÂ (2003), directed by Larry Charles but co-written by and starring Dylan.Â Bob Dylan as Filmmaker explores what these movies reveal about â€œhow it feelsâ€ toÂ beÂ Bob Dylan during three defining eras of his career: the revolutionary 1960s, the introspective 1970s, and the enigmatic early 2000s. Just as crucially, they illuminate Dylanâ€™s remarkable instinct for using film not merely as a medium, but as a deeply personal mode of expression. The book also provides an essential survey of Dylanâ€™s most recent movie projects, including those by other directors, in which Dylanâ€™s influence is less overt but no less powerful. Here, Michael argues that Dylan operates as a kind of â€œinvisible co-authorâ€: in Martin Scorseseâ€™sÂ Rolling Thunder RevueÂ (2019), where Dylan appears as a slippery, self-mythologizing interviewee; Alma Harâ€™elâ€™s hauntingÂ Shadow KingdomÂ (2021), a stylized livestream performance; and James Mangoldâ€™sÂ A Complete UnknownÂ (2024), the TimothÃ©e Chalamet-led biopic shaped in part by Dylanâ€™s behind-the-scenes â€œscript approval.â€

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