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Director Todd Haynes delivered a real Thanksgiving turkey in his Bob Dylan movie "I'm Not There." Sure, he seems to be taking a deliberately artsy path by casting six different actors in the role of the legendary poet/songwriter/musician. Each one, he's clearly trying to say, represents a different aspect or different stage of the man's life and work. But, come on: When you think of what might make a truly great Bob Dylan movie, you don't automatically think that he ought to be portrayed by the likes of actress Cate Blanchett in a barely convincing male drag, or young African-American actor Marcus Carl Franklin as a Dust Bowl folk-music fan. This isn't the Bob Dylan movie I was hoping for. It just doesn't hang together or make much sense. I'd have rather seen a gritty but straight-ahead biographical approach like Taylor Hackford took on Ray Charles in "Ray." If you want to watch a Bob Dylan movie that actually provides information and insights on his life, look for Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese's great 225-minute-long, 2005 documentary on him, "No Direction Home."
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Bob Dylan Movie "I'm Not There" Is An Artsy Failure
