Greg Mitchell is the author of more than a dozen books (see link) and now writer/director of three award-winning films aired via PBS, including “Atomic Cover-up” and “Memorial Day Massacre” which are still up at PBS.org. Before all that, he was a longtime editor of the legendary Crawdaddy. You can still subscribe to this newsletter for free.
We’ll get to our Cartoons of the Week below but first, if you did not see it yesterday, here’s a little video from the set of the upcoming Young Dylan biopic starring Timothee Chalamet that’s been filming around NYC this month. Here “Bobby” and “Joanie” —that would be Monica Barbaro—duet on his “Girl from the North Country” back around 1963.
…and Timmy/Zimmy on a park bench reading a letter, more revealing for the chaos of a simple outdoor scene in most movies…You’ll have to wait for Edward Norton as Pete Seeger….Elle Fanning seems to be playing a Suze Rotolo part (though she is a little too old for part)…
Real Bob, ahem, 1963 at Newport with new “Only a Pawn in Their Game”
and with Joan in 1964 for a playful “It Ain’t Me, Babe”
Cartooning
Barry Blitt:
I am a huge Dylan fan. I can't make up my mind about this movie. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Honestly, the best Dylan I've seen was Cate Blanchett. Timothee lacks the something...I can't put my finger on. But Cate had it.