A Complete Unknown
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Biography
A Complete Unknown is a 2024 American biographical film about the early career of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, directed by James Mangold, written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, and loosely based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald. A Complete Unknown examines the period of 1961–1965, beginning with Dylan's start as an American folk singer, and ending with his controversial use of electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
"Everyone asks where these songs come from, Sylvie. But then you watch their faces, and they're not asking where the songs come from. They're asking why the songs didn't come to them."
"Your songs are like an oil painting at the dentist's office."
"More and more people have been showing up, and they're bringing their teaspoons. Teaspoons for justice, and teaspoons for peace, and teaspoons for love, and that's what we do. And, gosh, you showed up, Bobby, and damn it, if you didn't bring a shovel."
"You know, you're kind of an asshole, Bob."
"Dave Van Ronk: You can call it country or blues or rock'n'roll - we all keep rewriting the same song."
"He defied everyone to change everything."
"The ballad of a true original."
"Timothée Chalamet - Bob Dylan"
"Norbert Leo Butz - Alan Lomax"
"Big Bill Morganfield - Jesse Moffette"
"Scoot McNairy - Woody Guthrie"
"P. J. Byrne - Harold Leventhal"
"Ryan Harris Brown - Mark Spoelstra"
"Stephen Carter Carlsen - Paul Stookey"
"David Alan Basche - John Hammond"
"James Austin Johnson - Gerdes M.C."