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TV Talkin'
...05/11/2005 11:04:15 am
The Scorsese documentary, about which I have previously
written skeptically, is set to air September 26th
and 27th, according to PBS. Of-course, I'm
hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Scorsese has the
ability to do something wonderful. Though, for
obsessive Dylan-types, it's hard to figure if
anything new and genuinely exciting can come from
another examination of that stage of Dylan's career
(1961 - 1966). But then, I guess it's not really
being made for us.
I love how the PBS promo says, "Bob Dylan
gives his only full length interview in 20 years ...."
Yeah, tell it to Ed Bradley. CBS used the very same
promotion for Dylan's 60 Minutes interview back
in December of last year. They're both referring
back to a 1985 interview on ABC TV. Why PBS seems to
be dissing CBS in this case, I don't know.
One hopes, however, that Scorsese will make better
use of the 10 hours of interview footage that he has
acquired - better, that is, than CBS in 2004 and ABC
in 1985, who both essentially just culled a few
remarks from more lengthy on-camera interviews, and
completed their 12 minute slots with old footage and
narrative voice-overs.
I think that Dylan should just buy some
infomercial time and lay out whatever it is that
needs to be said, with no middle-man doing editing
and providing "context." He could take
calls from viewers, answering all the critical
questions once and for all, from "Why did you
write all those songs about Vietnam?" to
"What the heck does the "Eye" thing mean?"
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