In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing sociopolitical turmoil, Bob Dylan and a band of troubadours—including luminaries such as Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell—embarked on a now-legendary tour known as the Rolling Thunder Revue, a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carnival, part spiritual pilgrimage.
Director Martin Scorsese blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief, with a magician’s sleight of hand, into a zeitgeist-defining cultural record that is as much a concert “documentary” as it is a slippery, chimerical investigation into memory, time, truth, and illusion. At the center of it all is the magnetic Dylan, a sphinxlike philosopher-poet singing, with electrifying conviction, to the soul of an anxious nation.
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It will be released on blu-ray and dvd January 19, 2021. The retail price is $31.96 for the blu-ray and $23.96 for the dvd.
This is wonderful news, but I must confess that I’m a bit disappointed that they haven’t included more performances in the extras. There are so much that could/should have been included.
I will pre-order it and I am happy that it will come out on such a prestigious label.
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I share your disappointment - much the same as when the Deluxe Edition of NDH was released. We know there's so much more in the vaults. I can only imagine they are holding stuff back for Tulsa.
Crossing fingers! Thanks for the feedback, Marcus
Why cant it be released for Christmas. What about UK release.
The Netflix productions has been released on Criterion UK before (Roma, Marriage Story and The Irishman), so I think it will be a UK release as well. But no date yet