Is Bob Dylan Still a ‘Complete Unknown’?

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The director James Mangold discusses the things we may never understand about the folk legend.

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0:00.0	So, Jim, if he can join me in a three, two, one clap for sync purposes, that would be...
0:06.2	See, I'm already thinking, why is it useful for how it's both clapping at the same time?
0:10.3	Would you just want me going three, two, one?
0:13.2	Because your sound person is going to have two claps at the same time, and that's only going to confuse them.
0:17.5	Anyway, that's my...
0:18.6	Mr. Mangold.
0:20.2	Yes.
0:20.6	Oscar nominated director. We got him here.
0:22.7	Right. All right. Here we go.
0:24.7	Intro now.
0:25.9	I'm Gilbert Cruz,
0:36.3	editor of the New York Times Book Review, and this is the book review podcast.
0:40.9	I'm talking to some of the people behind this year's Oscar-nominated films, and today I'm here with James Mangold.
0:48.9	James has had a truly wide-ranging career directing westerns like 310 to Yuma, superhero films such as the
0:57.2	Wolverine and Logan, you don't want to do this. Classical sports dramas like Ford versus Ferrari,
1:02.8	and action adventures like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
1:07.7	What are you doing here?
1:10.0	Rescue you!
1:13.1	In 2005, he released Walk the Line, a film about the life of musician Johnny Cash,
1:18.4	and this year, he tackles another American master.
1:22.2	Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
1:26.9	His film A Complete Unknown, which looks at Bob Dylan and his formative years in early 1960s New York City
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