Actors: Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Alan Price
Directors: D.A. Pennebaker
Writers: D.A. Pennebaker
Producers: Albert Grossman, John Court
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Docurama
DVD Release Date: January 4, 2000
Run Time: 96 minutes

Both a classic documentary and a vital pop-cultural artifact, D.A. Pennebaker's portrait of Bob Dylan captures the seminal
singer-songwriter on the cusp of his transformation from folk prophet to rock trendsetter. Shot during Dylan's 1965 British
concert tour, Don't Look Back employs an edgy vérité style that was, and is, a snug fit with the artist's own consciously
rough-hewn persona. Its handheld black-and-white images and often-gritty London backdrops suggest cinematic extensions of
the archetypal monochrome portraits that graced Dylan's career-making early-'60s album jackets.

Pennebaker's access to the legendarily private troubadour enables us to witness Dylan's shifting moods as he performs,
relaxes with his entourage (including then lover Joan Baez, road manager Bob Neuwirth, and poker-faced manager Albert
Grossman), and jousts with other musicians (notably Animals alumnus Alan Price and Scottish folksinger Donovan), fans,
and press. It's a measurement of the filmmaker's acuity that the conversations are often as gripping as Dylan's solo
performances. Grossman's machinations with British promoters, Baez's hip serenity, a grizzled British journalist's surrender
to the fact of Dylan's artistry, and the artist's own taunting dismissal of a clueless sycophant are all absorbing.

With the exception of the studio recording of "Subterranean Homesick Blues," the live performances (including five newly
restored, complete audio tracks excised from the original film but included on the DVD version) are constrained by crude
audio gear. Their urgency, however, is timeless, as is Pennebaker's film, a legitimate cornerstone for any serious rock
video collection. --Sam Sutherland

When acclaimed documentary filmmaker D A Pennebaker (Monterey Pop, The War Room) filmed Bob Dylan during a three week
concert tour of England in the Spring of 1965, he had no idea he was about to create one of teh most intimate glimpses
of the rock legend

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