…from me, that is.
I’ve made fun of that skinny little Brit actor with the fey name, Timothee Chalamet, currently the bonker of one of the Kardashian coven (Kimmy, Kluless, Kunty, whatever).
But the other night I watched him play a young Bob Dylan in –Out Of Nowhere A Complete Unknown and his performance blew me out of my socks. And I’m not even a fan of Dylan’s, to put it mildly.
Not only did Chalamet nail Dylan’s speaking voice and attitude, he also got the singing voice almost perfectly. And the movie was a gem: a little time capsule of the early 1960s — the best compliment I could pay it is that I wished it was longer.
Do yourself a favor, and watch it, and him. (I can’t remember which channel it’s on, but whatever.)
“A Complete Unknown” I had forgotten how ubiquitous cigarette smoking was back then. I was one of them. Sorry about that, nonsmokers.
The movie even made the idea of living with Joan Baez seem appealing.
Talk about the Suspension of Disbelief…
He has a couple of other good movies under his belt…
Dune 1 and 2… the movies follow the book closely
The King….has a very realistic medival duel scene
I think he is American born…coyld be mistaken
I was doing a summer session at St. Georges ( The large Boy’s Prep school on the hill above second Beach ) in ’63 so we went to the Folk Festival. The Friday afternoon sessions were as depicted in the movie. Somewhat informal and in a smaller venue and not that well attended. It was the evening events on Friday and Saturday that were the Full Big Name Shows with Peter Paul & Mary, Buffy St. Marie and Joan Baez did their full shows.
I thought the movie was called “A Complete Unknown.”
You’re right. I got it confused with some other movie. Duly corrected. [/1984]
Watched it yesterday. Thank for the recommendation. Surprisingly good and didn’t try to span too long of a time frame like the Elton John Biopic.