Netflix announces Martin Scorsese-directed Bob Dylan documentary
Netflix has shared plans to release a new concert documentary that will follow Bob Dylan’s legendary Rolling Thunder Revue tour. It is set to be directed by film royalty Martin Scorsese.
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese will follow the 1975 to 1976 tour that saw Dylan work with a handpicked group of collaborators such as Joan Baez, T-Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson, Scarlet Riviera, Patti Smith and many more.
Although a release date is still to be announced, Netflix has revealed the new film is “part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream” and that fans will be treated to on-camera interviews with Dylan in the film.
A participant of the tour also confirmed to Variety that many alumni from that era had been interviewed for the film over the past few years, with most—if not all—of them conducted by Dylan’s longtime manager, Jeff Rosen, as was the case with No Direction Home. It’s believed Scorsese has been working on the project since the late 2000s.
This isn’t the first time Scorsese has worked on a Dylan project, having directed the 2006 documentary No Direction Home, which focused on Dylan’s electric period in the mid-1960s. Scorsese is also collaborating with Netflix on another high-profile project, his upcoming film The Irishman, set to arrive on the platform later this year and starring Robert De Niro alongside Al Pacino.
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