No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

2005

3h 27m

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Biography

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This documentary film traces musician Bob Dylan's evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter. Additionally, the film features interviews conducted with some of Dylan's closest friends and fellow artists, including poet Allen Ginsberg, former love interest and noted performer Joan Baez, and Dylan's early mentor, Pete Seeger.

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Wall Street Journal

Jun 14, 2018

Fans of Bob Dylan and others ambitious enough to sit through "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" will discover early on that it yields no revelatory light to speak of on its subject.

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John Leonard

New York Magazine/Vulture

Jan 19, 2018

... Martin Scorsese has finally gotten around to doing for Bob Dylan what he did for the Band back in 1978.

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Glenn Abel

The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 27, 2005

As good as it gets in music documentaries.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Sep 26, 2025

5/5

Two decades on, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is as vital and absorbing as ever—essential viewing for Dylan devotees and casual fans alike.

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

Jun 21, 2007

A+

With its bravado and scope the film shames lesser docs.

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Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views

Oct 8, 2006

Framed by tons of rare footage, No Direction Home penetrates the soul of one of modern music's greatest icons - at least as much as Dylan will let us.

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DocuFilm L

@DocuFilmLover May 21, 2026

I read the reviews of the critics, especially who didn't like this film. Most of them said that it "offered no new revelations into Dylan." They obviously didn't see the same film that I saw it. The critics didn't read between the lines, which, like Dylan's music itself, lives between the lines - in the nuance. The film was brilliant. And full of revelations - all of it internal. Just brilliant.

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Creek B

@RT58330144 Mar 15, 2025

Just a retelling of everything you already know about Dylan if you're a Dylan fan.

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Aidan H

@RT41790906 Jan 19, 2025

… Lights flicker from the opposite loft In this room the heat pipes just cough The country music station plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off…

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Jul 29, 2022

Such a perfect memorial to a time.

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Apr 10, 2021

You don't have to be a Bob Dylan superfan to love this movie.

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Apr 10, 2021

An amazing portrait of one of the greatest and most elusive songwriters of all time. Essential viewing for any Dylan fan.

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Synopsis

This documentary film traces musician Bob Dylan's evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter. Additionally, the film features interviews conducted with some of Dylan's closest friends and fellow artists, including poet Allen Ginsberg, former love interest and noted performer Joan Baez, and Dylan's early mentor, Pete Seeger.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Producer: Jeff Rosen, Susan Lacy, Nigel Sinclair, Anthony Wall, Martin Scorsese
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 6, 2015
Runtime: 3h 27m

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