The voice of a generation
“No Direction Home.” Martin Scorsese repurposed and reorganized the footage from “Don’t Look Back” and dug out even more. With candid new interviews and tons of unreleased music, “No Direction Home” is a stunning look at Bob Dylan’s legendary British tours of ‘65 and ‘66, culminating in the holy grail – actual footage of the legendary “Judas!” moment and the blistering “Like a Rolling Stone” response.
At one point Dylan temporarily calms a booing audience by saying, “I wanna sing a folk song now,” then he barrels into a pounding electric version of “Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat.” The concert performances are his best ever, even as the touring, drugs and acclaim take their toll. Toward the end of the tour Dylan stares with psychotic, sleep-starved eyes, and desperately tells an interviewer, “I just want to go home.
Columbia/SME Records, Sony Music, and Bob Dylan’s management gave Martin Scorsese access to its vaults, something Dylan has never given to any documentary filmmaker. Dylan was a firm supporter of the film, trusting the product in the hands of Scorsese, never even talking or discussing the movie’s direction with him before its completion.