Neil Young really liked the Bob Dylan biopic

Neil Young said he was a fan of the “great” new biopic on Bob Dylan“A Complete Unknown”.

The film, which will be in Italian cinemas from January 23, stars Timothée Chalamet as the songwriter and Nobel Prize winner, chronicling his rise from a young star of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s to his controversial performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, where he performed live with electric instruments for the first time, provoking mixed reactions among his audiences.

The film has already been in theaters in the United States since December 25th and three spectators who have seen it include Neil Young who seems to have enjoyed himself and appreciated the work.

Writing on his Neil Young Archives website, he said: “I love Bob Dylan and his music. I always have. He’s a great artist. One time he was on my bus, I didn’t recognize him and I kicked him off, but that’s another story. This film is a great tribute to his life and music. If you love Bob’s music, you should see this film.

Young and Dylan have long been mutual admirers and appeared alongside each other in Martin Scorsese’s seminal 1978 concert film, “The Last Waltz,” for a version of the latter’s “I Shall Be Released.” .

“The Last Waltz” is the film of the farewell concert of The Band, the group that accompanied Bob Dylan for part of his career. Many illustrious guests took to the stage at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco on November 25, 1976, including inevitably Bob Dylan.

The two artists also performed together in a headlining show at London’s Hyde Park in July 2019.

Even before the film was finished, Dylan himself had certified the value of the film by complimenting Chalamet, the person who plays him, describing him as a “brilliant actor” and saying he was “sure he will be completely credible in my shoes. Or a more me young. Or another me.”

But Dylan himself also had a handle on the film’s script, which also received his “blessing” as producer Peter Jaysen revealed. “He met with director Jim Mangold several times,” he said.

“At one point they sat down and read the entire script aloud, with Jim Mangold reading each part and stage directions and Bob Dylan “performing” only lines of dialogue from himself. During this process , Dylan made a lot of notes on the script. At the end of the last session with Jim Mangold, he signed the script and said, ‘Go with God.'”