With a nice little nod to Belle and Sebastian, Michael G. Smith has a great article on Dylan and film over at his superb filmblog White City Cinema. The article began as a piece written for this website in its previous incarnation and for the Dylan magazine Isis.

Here is an excerpt:

Like Dylan in the Movies

By michaelgloversmith (Sept 2010)

 

Something’s always happening in the world of Bob Dylan, even if you don’t know what it is, but this fall sees an unusual amount of activity on the part of the Bard of Minnesota. Before the end of the year, he will exhibit new paintings in Denmark (and release an accompanying coffee table book, “The Brazil Series”), as well as release two new CD sets: the 9th installment of the official Bootleg Series, focusing on demos recorded in the early ’60s, and an 8 disc set of his first 8 albums in mono (the way they were originally meant to be heard), all on compact disc for the first time. And of course, his never-ending tour will roll on with fall dates across the U.S., including a show in Champaign on October 22nd.


To commemorate, here is an essay I wrote about Masked and Anonymous, Dylan’s unjustly maligned 2003 movie collaboration with director Larry Charles. The original version appeared in the English Dylan fanzine “Isis” but this has been substantially reworked.

For more please visit his site -

 http://whitecitycinema.com/2010/09/29/like-dylan-in-the-movies/