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I'm curious to know what other people think of this. Even though it's Dylan-related, I put it in A&E, since it's concerning a film, not his music.
The Sunday Times in London wrote:
BOB Dylan has finally given permission to a Hollywood studio to make a film about his life. He will be portrayed by seven actors - one of them a black woman.
Todd Haynes, the Oscar-nominated director, confirmed last week he was searching for a woman who could do justice to the short, white Jewish singer's "inner blackness".
The seven will play Dylan during different eras in his 43-year career, starting in the 1960s when his song The Times They Are A-Changin' became an anti-war anthem.
It is traditional in films spanning a lifetime for characters to be played by more than one actor, but rare for them to change sex or race. Haynes is considering female actors, including the pop singer Beyonce Knowles, the tennis champion Venus Williams and the television presenter Oprah Winfrey.
Haynes has built his reputation on being different. His first film, about the life of the anorexic singer Karen Carpenter, had a cast of Barbie dolls.
He made his name with Velvet Goldmine, in which Ewan McGregor played a gender-bending rocker, before going on to receive an Oscar nomination for screenwriting for his 2002 film Far from Heaven.
Last week the 44-year-old director said Dylan was "too complex" to be played by a conventional actor. "I am setting out to explode the idea that anybody can be depicted in a single self," he said.
He said that Dylan, who has rejected many other offers, had approved this project because of its unconventional casting. It is due for release next year under the title I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan
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I haven't seen Oprah in a movie for a while. At the very least, seven actors/actresses playing Bob Dylan will make for a cool movie poster.
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Uhhhhh
It depends on who they get I suppose, although its an interesting idea
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Yeah what the hell? I am a huge Dylan fan, and if they do this, I just might consider shooting myself. I don't care for this whole artistic approach to the whole thing. Get Edward Norton to play bob or something, whatever I don't care.
At least Scorsese has a documentary coming out this year on him.
Okay I found out its 6 men and 1 woman. I think it would be cool to have 6 men potraying him in the film, but a woman? And Oprah as an option? Thats messesd up I don't know.
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this could be fun.
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Yeah what the hell? I am a huge Dylan fan, and if they do this, I just might consider shooting myself. I don't care for this whole artistic approach to the whole thing. Get Edward Norton to play bob or something, whatever I don't care.
At least Scorsese has a documentary coming out this year on him.
Edward Norton? That's about as ridiculous as Beyonce.
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Tell me The Sunday Times is one of those trashy London tabloids that make stuff up.. please
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I'm intrigued as to how this may turn out. On one hand it could be cool to have an actor who is more of an emotional representation of Dylan instead of a physical or literal one. However i shudder at the idea of that person being Beyoncé or Oprah. I hope they decide to go with somebody a lot less prolific. On the other hand it could fall flat on it's face. Conventional movie audiences generally don't get the kind of subtelties and and artistry that this guy seems to be going for.
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why do you need seven people to portray one? if you need to show that many sides, can't you find one actor who can act out those by him(or her, i guess) self?
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Snapper Jon wrote:
why do you need seven people to portray one? if you need to show that many sides, can't you find one actor who can act out those by him(or her, i guess) self?
Have you no artistic vision?
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Snapper Jon wrote:
why do you need seven people to portray one? if you need to show that many sides, can't you find one actor who can act out those by him(or her, i guess) self?
cause Dylan is like a folk superhero with the strength of 7 normal men
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Snapper Jon wrote:
why do you need seven people to portray one? if you need to show that many sides, can't you find one actor who can act out those by him(or her, i guess) self?
cause Dylan is like a folk superhero with the strength of 7 normal men
faster than the speed of light...
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Dudes, relax. Todd Haynes' work is absolutely amazing. Some of his stuff is harder to find (the Karen Carpenter film SUPERSTAR and DOTTIE GETS SPANKED are tough to locate but excellent), but SAFE and FAR FROM HEAVEN should be at your videostore. Check 'em out, they're great.
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