Dylan — I recently rented the D.A. Pennebaker file Don't Look Back that documented Bob Dylan's 1965 acoustic tour of England, ending with two Royal Albert Hall concerts. I was living in London at the time, attending Central High School located just outside London in Bushey Park. That summer I happened across the film crew as they were attempting to shoot scenes of Dylan at Speaker's Corner as he harassed and was harassed by various soapbox (literally) speakers. Since it's strictly forbidden to film at that location, the crew were quickly chased off by a Bobbie. During that same time I was at London Heathrow seeing a friend off and Dylan walked by, breaking into a run as we tried to follow.

I wanted to see if there was any mention of the Hyde Park incident in the outtakes, but alas, no. It was fun to see the film again, although a bid tiresome as Dylan played mindless verbal games with various journalists. The best part was watching Dylan as he watched Donovan play a tune. He then took up the challenge and broke into an excellent version of It Ain't Me Babe (I think).

At the dance we attended on Saturday, as a friend was leaving I noticed that she was wearing a coat with Dylan's name on the back. At dinner the next night I mentioned this just before turning on the tv to see what was on 60 Minutes. The next segment was a very good interview of Dylan by Ed Bradley. Dylan was promoting his new book, Chronicles Vol. 1. Most of the historic footage for the interview was from Don't Look Back.
posted by Bruce Wright at 1:02 PM #