I was there

March 5th, 2008 by admin

Finally, finally I saw I'm Not There. And I loved it. It was as good as I expected, funny and with a love for details that was just a-fucking-mazing.

I don't know a lot about Bob Dylan, so it's hard for me to judge whether the film is an accurate portray of him. But I felt like I got to know someone - whether or not that someone is really Bob Dylan, I can't say. But it doesn't matter anyway (at least to me).

Todd Haynes really has a thing for very good musician bio-pics (and if you still haven't seen Velvet Goldmine it's high time!). And he knows who to give the responsibility for the casting (for Velvet Goldmine it was Susie Figgis and for I'm Not There Laura Rosenthal). Do I really need to reiterate the perfect cast? Probably not, but I'm going to anyway :). Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin [Watch out for that little guy, he's absolutely wonderful!], Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Bruce Greenwood, Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore and Ben Whishaw. And Kris Kristofferson has a very nice narrating voice.

I adored the small jokes that were just standing around - the appearance of the Beatles, the zoo and the poet (Ben Whishaw) is called Arthur Rimbaud, for krissakes.

And I need to get the soundtrack.

There are only two things I can critisise about the film:
1. It was a bit confusing (which I don't mind when I'm in the right mood - leaves room for discussion).
2. There wasn't nearly enough Christian Bale and he became a Born-Again-Christian (but that's only a real criticism if you are a HUGE fan of CB - like me - and an atheist with an aversion against anything even remotely like a dogmatic doctrine - like me)

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