![]() ![]() We see clips from football games at schools like Howard University and Alabama A&M interspersed with Beychella rehearsal footage, the entire performance and film a celebration of those institutions, perhaps even an antithesis to what most people would consider a primarily white experience. It’s all just The Carters’ latest in a long line of masterpieces, a colossal, visually stunning spectacle that not only summarized Beyoncé’s 20-year career, but also Historic Black Colleges in an entirely new way. The film also arrived with a surprise live album encompassing the entire Coachella set as well as new music. Knowles-Carter herself, features stunning footage of each weekend’s set and dives deep into the symbolism, production and eight-month rehearsal process behind Beychella. Netflix’s Homecoming, a documentary written, produced and directed by Mrs. Tim Griersonĭirectors: Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Ed BurkeĬhildish Gambino, Ariana Grande, Tame Impala: None of those performers, or any of the others at Coachella 2019, were able to match the grandiosity of Beychella, Beyoncé’s epic pair of sets at last year’s festival. It left me exhausted, but I kinda want to see it again. At nearly two-and-a-half hours, Rolling Thunder Revue is overlong but also overpowering, inconclusive yet undeniably stirring. Scorsese is after something grander than mere documentation-more layers of myth are applied while trying to present an honest account of a tour and a performer. The movie is a “story,” which means some parts might be invented or exaggerated, and because it’s “by Martin Scorsese,” the whole film is filtered through one artist’s perspective on another. ![]() “I don’t have a clue because it’s about nothing,” he says, another example of obscuration and seduction. Early on, the movie features a contemporary interview from Dylan confessing that he doesn’t quite remember what prompted Rolling Thunder or what his ambitions were. The documentary’s full title should also be a disclaimer: Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese. As is typical when depicting anything in the Dylan universe, this concert film/documentary simultaneously oversells its subject’s genius and provides overwhelming evidence of what a brilliant artist he is. Both sensations are on display in Rolling Thunder Revue, the oft-spectacular, sometimes shtick-y chronicle of Dylan’s 1975 Rolling Thunder tour. He’s both there and not there, which can be frustrating and fascinating. Long before David Bowie, Tom Waits, Madonna or Lady Gaga dabbled in persona play, Robert Zimmerman made us ponder masks in popular music. He invites us to look deeper and listen harder, as if the answers can be gleaned from closer study. As much a symbol as he is a man, Dylan has spent most of his adulthood resisting being labeled the voice of his generation while slyly welcoming fans’ desire to dissect his every utterance, devoting much of the last couple decades opening up the vaults to release a series of official “bootleg” recordings associated with his most iconic albums and tours. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Year: 2019īob Dylan’s life and career are so encased in myth that it can be hard to untangle the romanticism from the reality. Here are the 10 best music documentaries on Netflix:ġ. If you’re a fan of music or the documentary as an art form, you can delve into 10 of the best music documentaries currently streaming on Netflix, listed below.įor more of Paste’s lists of best Netflix movies, check out our recently-updated lists of the 40 best documentaries and the best movies currently available on Netflix. Music documentaries can do two things (or some combination of the two): over-inflate the mythical nature of music’s most interesting stories, or shed a light on important truths about the music that has shaped our world, straight from the mouths of people who made it or who were in their inner circles.
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