The Duke On "Masked And Anonymous"
Published May 30, 2004
Which, incidentally, also dealt with idolatry in modern America, and also starred a notoriously self-obsessed but amazingly talented fella, this time in the form of Woody Allen.
And it also shares a little more with those Coen Brothers than just a few character tics. In fact, the whole thing appears on occasion to be an ever darker vision of the world glimpsed in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, another film which painted a mythical Southern American landscape, and which told its story through music as much as the spoken word.
Masked And Anonymous? Dylan certainly remains so, and something tells me that despite the apparent protestations that he is not some kind of faceless, mystical entity, up to an including his forthcoming volumes of autobiography, he'd like, in some part, to remain that way.
The film after all is written by Rene Fontaine and Sergei Petrov. And they are?
Director Larry Charles and… Bob Dylan.
Masked And Anonymous indeed.
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- Published: May 30, 2004
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Chris, im sorry for the delay in my reply. Something odd happened when Blogcritics shifted, and AOL was sending all my comment notifications into the SPAM folder for some reason!
Glad to hear someone else yack with praise regarding Straight To Hell. Being a somewhat obsessive fan of Shane MacGowan, frontman with The Pogues, i had to see it, of course, and was really pleasantly suprised. Even if Shane and the boys hadn't been it, i think i would still have loved it. And yes, i too was reminded on it throughout M&A.
Thank you for the kind words, friend, and again, sorry for the delay.
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Excellent work El Sunor Duke on a film shreaded by the critics. Some fascinating observations on the Dylan mystique. When reading the reviews of this film, was reminded of an old Alex Cox flick Straight To Hell, which was equally loved by film connoisseurs. I believe Joe Strummer and even The Pogues made appearances in the one long hip in-joke. I actually loved it, and perhaps the folks just didn't get it?