A Complete Unknown

Interview: Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro on respecting the history of their real-life counterparts in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown

In the early 1960s, 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Forming his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, making a controversial choice that reverberates worldwide. Bringing Dylan’s specific story to the…

Peter Gray

Film Review: A Complete Unknown; Bob Dylan biopic deliberately keeps its enigmatic subject at a distance from its audience

A more evasive mentality is adhered to in A Complete Unknown and its subject, musician Bob Dylan, than what director James Mangold afforded Johnny Cash in Walk The Line (2005), here, a deliberately distant biopic that dares to keep Dylan as the enigmatic character he is, rather than create anything false and flashy for the…

Peter Gray

Interview: Edward Norton and director James Mangold on uncovering Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown; “We wanted to show how particular his own voice was.”

Peter Gray

Interview: Timothée Chalamet on embodying the enigmatic Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown; “It’s an honour to be the humble bridge to this period and this incredible artist.”

Peter Gray