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Film: Documentary The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival

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Dylan's appearance at Newport in '65 is legendary, but the years preceding his electric period are some of the most exciting chapters in the singer/songwriter's life. Murray Lerner, documentarian of greats like Jimi, Miles, and the Who, recuts his semi-classic Festival (1967) into a three-act film, recounting just how the legend came to be. From Dylan's hayseed-like appearance in '63 through his black-clad swagger in '64 and the loud, proud reckoning of '65 — when "Maggie's Farm" and "Like a Rolling Stone" provoked that infamous avalanche of boos — Lerner lenses the icon as if his life depended on it. And of course, the music sings for itself.

– John Hood

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