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Shine a Light, which opens in theaters April 4, is Scorsese's fourth rockumentary. His others: The Last Waltz (1978), a record of the final concert given by The Band; Feel Like Going Home (2003), his affectionate retroglance at old Delta bluesmen; and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005), a compilation of interviews and performances from Dylan's early years. All these films speak to Scorsese's fervent belief in movies as music. You see this in his studio pictures: in the operatic intensity of the acting and the camerawork and in their use of music, from arias...
That's where Scorsese is king. His Hollywood films may be sprawling, but his best docs feel both organic and perfectly condensed. No Direction Home, even at 31/2 hr., seems the ideal length to capture the gentle, questing mood of early-'60s folk and Dylan's rapid rise to eminence...
...There Actress Cate Blanchett; men's suede Dylan jacket...
...problem.In his 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote speech, Sen. Barack Obama drew applause for speaking out against “the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.”What, then, of the slander that says a black kid listening to Bob Dylan isn’t really black? And what of the claim that a black student who attends a Radiohead concert is betraying his race? While people may not be making these claims openly, the existence of these positions is well understood within the community. Some of hip-hop?...
...towards creating a sense of community beyond entryway dinners and a weekly study break. “You’re here to bring your interests to the community,” says Richard R. Johnston, a resident tutor in Cabot house. This year Johnston helped organize a Bob Dylan trip in the fall and a massage session during reading period. Johnston is not alone in his efforts to unite house communities with unique events. Toby C. Berkman ’02, a tutor in Eliot, holds a weekly yoga class in the house dance studio, and Tom J. Barnett...