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Thread #52263   Message #800295
Posted By: Ron Olesko
10-Oct-02 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 5
Subject: RE: Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 5
"Sucked on ice"?    I've heard "stink on ice" but that is a new one!

Maybe it was the time in which I viewed it, or maybe it is 20+ years since I saw the film, but I didn't find it that bad.   It had its roots in beat writers that many of the performers were influenced by. It was surely strange, bad acting, long, and poorly edited. Maybe that is the charm of the film. I will still like to see it again.

The Hard Rain TV special (it wasn't really a documentary from what I remember, just concert footage) was put together by a different crew from a different leg of the Rolling Thunder tour. I remember those incredible closeups of Dylan's nose and chin.   TV in the 70's had a thing for extreme closeups and that special is probably the best example of the style. I would love to see it again as well!

Ron