I'm not really sure what the movie is talking about when they mention Dylan's musical transition because I am not familiar with his music, but looking at these two photos you can see a clear change in ideas. In the first picture, a younger Dylan seems to be standing up for something, protesting something. His defiant stature and his sign show his dissatisfaction with what is going on around him. In the second picture you see him in his car, seemingly unaware of his fan, or perhaps his enemies, plastering themselves against the window. He looks older in this picture, more hardened with reality. Its as if his youthful goals of change haven't been realized and he's given up.
I really like the juxtaposition of Dylan taking shelter in his car and Dylan out and about as an activist. The people he wants to help do not notice him, while the people who love him are the ones he tries to avoid. It's almost as if...he has two different personalities! Or three, or four, or seven - Dylan's layers are quite compelling.
To disagree a little bit with Casey's point, after having seen the movie and read some of the book, I feel like both pictures represent Dylan's unhappiness with fame and his status as an icon of his time. The part that seems to strike me the most is Dylan's lifelessness in the second picture. Just looking at Dylan's face and particularly his sunglasses, you feel a certain emptiness being emanated from him. This emptiness seems to be a direct product of Dylan's hatred for his newfound status as celebrity.
By the way, I'm not the biggest David Cross fan, but looking at Allan Ginsberg in the first picture, I must say that the two looking alarmingly similar. So props to him for that.
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I'm not really sure what the movie is talking about when they mention Dylan's musical transition because I am not familiar with his music, but looking at these two photos you can see a clear change in ideas. In the first picture, a younger Dylan seems to be standing up for something, protesting something. His defiant stature and his sign show his dissatisfaction with what is going on around him. In the second picture you see him in his car, seemingly unaware of his fan, or perhaps his enemies, plastering themselves against the window. He looks older in this picture, more hardened with reality. Its as if his youthful goals of change haven't been realized and he's given up.
I really like the juxtaposition of Dylan taking shelter in his car and Dylan out and about as an activist. The people he wants to help do not notice him, while the people who love him are the ones he tries to avoid. It's almost as if...he has two different personalities! Or three, or four, or seven - Dylan's layers are quite compelling.
To disagree a little bit with Casey's point, after having seen the movie and read some of the book, I feel like both pictures represent Dylan's unhappiness with fame and his status as an icon of his time. The part that seems to strike me the most is Dylan's lifelessness in the second picture. Just looking at Dylan's face and particularly his sunglasses, you feel a certain emptiness being emanated from him. This emptiness seems to be a direct product of Dylan's hatred for his newfound status as celebrity.
By the way, I'm not the biggest David Cross fan, but looking at Allan Ginsberg in the first picture, I must say that the two looking alarmingly similar. So props to him for that.
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