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Film: Documentary Eat the Document (1972)

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The Skirball continues its ongoing exhibition Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966 with a screening of unreleased Dylan documentary Eat the Document. The film captures a brief, seminal moment in Dylan's life: his 1966 European tour with the Hawks, the Canadian sidemen who later became the Band. Dylan directed the film himself with the help of D.A. Pennebaker, the man behind revered Dylan doc Don't Look Back. (The project was a commission by ABC television, which eventually rejected it upon viewing.) Legendary music documentarian Penelope Spheeris (The Decline of Western Civilization) hosts the screening and discusses Dylan's impact on the world of filmmaking.

– Jessica Jardine

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