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I jsut got done watching I’m Not There. A movie inspired by the life and music of Bob Dylan done by Todd Haynes. It portrays different part of his life as played by 6 actors (Heath Ledger, Christian Bale,  Cate Blanchett, Ben Whishaw, Richard Gere, and Marcus Carl Franklin (who sings Tombstone Blues with Richie Havens Which was awesome).

So Cate Blanchett soo had Dylan down. It was Quite impressive. She had his voice inflections, walk and mannerism seen in film footage of him. Christian Bale had his stage presence down pretty good.

Anyway I would recommend it to any one who is a Dylan fan and knows some of his life story. If you don’t I would first see Martin Scorsese’s documentary No Direction Home first to get an idea of some of the major events portrayed in I’m Not There.

So the sound track has a bunch of people covering some of Bob Dylan’s Songs. My favorite is Knockin on Heavens Door by Antony and the Johnsons:

The intimacy of the piano and how his voice is quivering to the point of almost crying make this, in my opinion, the best cover of this song. It gives me chills every time I hear it.