February 28, 2007

Interview. DA Pennebaker.

Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back He put his first short film together with adhesive tape. Thought he might become a writer. With Robert Drew and Albert Maysles, he lugged "a very haphazardly constructed sync-sound thing" around Russia. Eventually, along came Albert Grossman, asking, "Would you want to go with Dylan?"

On the occasion of a new release of Don't Look Back, this time around accompanied by Bob Dylan '65 Revisited, Jonathan Marlow has a long talk with groundbreaking documentary filmmaker DA Pennebaker. First part's up; the second part will appear soon.

Earlier: David D'Arcy spoke with Pennebaker in August 2005. Related: Jonathan with Drew (2003) and David with Maysles (2005).

Update: Jason Bogdaneris in the L Magazine on the film: "Still as inscrutable and cool as ever."

Posted by dwhudson at February 28, 2007 3:17 AM