The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #84796   Message #1573630
Posted By: Peter T.
01-Oct-05 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: BBC2/PBS Sept 26 No Direction Home
Subject: RE: BBC2/PBS Sept 26 No Direction Home
Thanks, greg, great comment.   I hadn't thought about it, or connected it to that remark about power, but I guess you could have predicted the waywardness of Dylan from the flatpick use so early. It is also interesting that, in the early parts of the film, he always plays absolutely rock solid, no frills, nothing. One wonders if someone told him that was what to do -- the natural tendency early on is to try and do flashy things. That is one of the most impressive things to me about Dylan from the film: he never plays flashy, it gives him that rock solid quality, as if he were much more mature than he was.

yours,

Peter T.