Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

In 1 in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the u ing bicentennial and ongoing sociopolitical turm Bob Dylan and a band of troubadours—including luminaries such as Joan B Allen Ginsb and Joni Mitchell—embarked on a now-legendary tour known as the Rolling Thunder Re a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carni part spiritual pilgrimage. Director Martin Scorsese blends behind-the-scenes archival foot intervi and narrative misch with a magician’s sleight of h into a zeitgeist-defining cultural record that is as much a concert “documentary” as it is a slipp chimerical investigation into mem t tr and illusion. At the center of it all is the ma ic Dy a sphinxlike philosopher-poet sing with electrifying convict to the soul of an anxious nation. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital trans approved by director Martin Scors with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • New interviews with Scors editor David Tedes and writer Larry “Ratso” Sloman • Restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You” and “Romance in Durango,” and of a never-before-seen cut of “Tangled Up in Blue” • Trailer • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by novelist Dana Spiotta and writing from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour by author Sam Shepard and poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman