Bob Dylan Asked James Mangold What His Bob Dylan Movie., A Complete Unknown, Is About

Bob Dylan himself asked director James Mangold what exactly his next biopic would be about Bob Dylan. Totally unknownis all about. But was he satisfied with the answer? The director revealed details of his encounter with Dylan in a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, revealing what he said in response to the question, and how the true singing and songwriting icon felt about what he had to say…

“The first time I sat down with him, Bob asked me, ‘What is this movie, Jim? ’ I said, ‘It’s about a guy who chokes to death in Minnesota, leaves all his friends and family behind, reinvents himself in a whole new place, makes new friends, builds a new family, becomes incredibly successful, and then starts choking to death again — and runs away. ’”

While Mangold was no doubt holding his breath waiting to see what Dylan would say in response to his summary of Totally unknownFortunately for the director, the legendary musician seemed happy to respond, saying…

Totally unknown No specific release date has been set yet, but the first trailer for the biopic debuted yesterday, giving us our first look at it. Dune 2 The film stars Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan. The rest of the cast includes Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Rousseau, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Dan Fogler as Albert Grossman, Norbert Leo Butz as Alan Lomax, and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie.

James Mangold Explains Why Timothée Chalamet Is The Perfect Actor To Play Bob Dylan

Totally unknown The ceremony will include live performances by the cast (“That’s what we did! Yep.”), with Mangold going on to reveal what he thinks makes Timothée Chalamet the perfect Bob Dylan.

“I think what makes what Timmy does so great is that he doesn’t answer questions about Bob, but at the same time he does it in a very poetic way, where he suggests through his performance in a really empathetic way how one might want to make music, but might not want people to be in your face all the time. And I think Bob answers that question in a way… Timmy, who I used to call Bob sometimes, answers that question.”

While the idea of ​​a more straightforward Bob Dylan biopic has long been contested (hence director Todd Haynes's brilliantly stripped-down approach to the 2007 film), I'm not thereJames Mangold will attempt to do just that. But rather than cover the musician's entire life, he will instead focus on the controversy Dylan caused when he embraced electrically amplified rock instruments. You can check out the newly released synopsis and trailer for the album Totally unknown less.

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 1960s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN traces the meteoric rise of 19-year-old Minnesota native Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) as a folk singer in concert halls and the top of the charts – where his songs and mystique became a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock 'n' roll performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.