There’s a scene in James Mangold’s new Bob Dylan biopic where the subversive, dry-spoken, 20-year-old star, portrayed by Timothée Chalamet, gets in a fight with his then-lover Joan Baez. Exasperated, Baez turns to him:
“You’re kind of an a–hole, Bob.”
What’s so great about this latest fictionalization of Dylan’s life (and there are many) is that it embraces the famed songwriter’s multifaceted personality. There’s Bob the humble, starstruck teen, Bob the brilliantly enigmatic songwriter, and, yes, Bob the abrasive, disparaging jerk.
Managing Editor Brendan Fijol wrote the story.
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