Pennebaker had a front seat for many of the crowning moments in pop music, including the 1968 Monterey Pop Festival and the last concert by David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust character, but his timing was never more fortuitous than when he accompanied Dylan on his brief tour of Britain in 1965. In addition to shooting highly personal footage of an artist in a period of (sometimes literally) violent transition, Pennebaker captured some of the last footage of Dylan before his motorcycle accident forced him into seclusion. When Don't Look Back was released in 1967, it was the first glimpse audiences had of Dylan in almost two years. Hilariously argumentative to the point of abusive, Dylan launches an offensive against a folk community that has begun to label him a Judas, even as he creates the uber-cool character he will inhabit until the end of the decade. Cate Blanchett's performance in I'm Not There brilliantly mirrors and twists the Dylan Pennebaker presents, giving us a character just as enigmatic, at times as annoying as a precocious child, but constantly engaging. Video projection.
1967, b&w, 1 hour 36 minutes, USA