tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post2233358503760542908..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Against natureBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-64804137751532686722009-12-06T08:30:30.474-05:002009-12-06T08:30:30.474-05:00Before I saw the film, I was absolutely certain Ca...Before I saw the film, I was absolutely certain Cate Blanchett had no place playing Dylan, but I was even more certain I that I was very wrong about that when the lights came up after the credits.Pablohttp://manriquez.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-53355088824239819952008-01-14T11:27:00.000-05:002008-01-14T11:27:00.000-05:00Yes, I've always thought of Caesarea Philippi as J...Yes, I've always thought of Caesarea Philippi as Jesus' Newport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-49849856876685956452008-01-13T19:44:00.000-05:002008-01-13T19:44:00.000-05:00Hi Meredith. Yeah, I like that scene with Dylan an...Hi Meredith. Yeah, I like that scene with Dylan and Ginsberg heckling Jesus on the cross. I don't think Dylan ever really said this — but of course it's exactly the kind of heckling that Dylan was receiving from his fans: "Why don't you do your early stuff!" So the scene creates a nice juxtaposition of Christ and Dylan — a juxtaposition that's fitting, since the born-again Dylan was very fond (perhaps a little too fond) of comparing himself to Christ.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, Dylan's tendency to compare himself to Christ always reminds me of that scene in Samuel Beckett's <I>Waiting for Godot</I>:<BR/><BR/>VLADIMIR: But you can't go barefoot!<BR/>ESTRAGON: Christ did.<BR/>VLADIMIR: Christ! What has Christ got to do with it? You're not going to compare yourself to Christ!<BR/>ESTRAGON: All my life I've compared myself to him.<BR/>VLADIMIR: But where he lived it was warm, it was dry!<BR/>ESTRAGON: Yes. And they crucified quick. <BR/><I>Silence.</I>Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-359983696164253142008-01-13T19:30:00.000-05:002008-01-13T19:30:00.000-05:00I saw that film over the weekend too - do you plan...I saw that film over the weekend too - do you plan to give it a full review? I really enjoyed the movie despite not knowing much about dylan's bio. I particularly liked the young black dylan and blanchett's dylan - but the billy the kid character didn't quite work for me. maybe it was richard gere - maybe I just didn't get it (happens all the time!) <BR/><BR/>One of my favourite quotes (did dylan really say this?) was his heckle to jesus on the cross 'why don't you do your early stuff!' Sums up what a lot of people think about jesus, i think, and it came at a powerful point in the film.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076364508884699137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-42724254803576467992008-01-13T04:16:00.000-05:002008-01-13T04:16:00.000-05:00Hi John. Well, I especially liked the young kid as...Hi John. Well, I especially liked the young kid as "Woody Guthrie", Richard Gere as "Billy the Kid", and of course Cate Blanchett's unbelievable performance as "Jude Quinn". I thought that both Blanchett and the 11-year-old kid were absolutely perfect. <BR/><BR/>But if I had to pick a favourite sequence, it would probably be Richard Gere's "Billy the Kid" sequence. I love the way these scenes bring to life the bizarre, carnivalesque 19th-century world of Dylan's <I>Basement Tapes</I> recordings. A nice example: there's a butcher on the side of the road packing meat into a suitcase, and saying, "Pack up the meat, sweet, we're headin' out!" (a line from the <I>Basement Tapes</I> song "Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread".)<BR/><BR/>And my favourite scene in the whole film was also in the Richard Gere sequence: the astonishingly powerful performance of "Goin' to Acapulco" by Jim James while, beside him on stage, the corpse of a woman who cut her own throat is staring out from her coffin at the melancholy crowd.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-23256625390279190902008-01-12T09:10:00.000-05:002008-01-12T09:10:00.000-05:00who was your favorite Dylan?who was your favorite Dylan?John Mark Inmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191215116920294016noreply@blogger.com