Director Todd Haynes, who once used Barbie dolls to tell the sad story of Karen Carpenter, takes a similarly unusual approach in this wondrously ambitious attempt to capture the essence of ever-elusive, shape-shifting singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Instead of a straightforward biography of the Jewish kid from the Minnesota North Country who reinvented himself time and again while revolutionizing American music, Haynes invents a series of six Dylanesque characters who together describe the outlines of the enigmatic artist. What Haynes winds up with are six biographical bootlegs of the official product and a blank center, making the clever title choice ("I'm Not There" i...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
135 mins