Tuesday 22 July 2008

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, continues with True Stories: Don't Look Back. DA Pennebaker's cin?ma-v?rit? account of Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of the UK stands as a landmark film. Not only did this intimate portrait of Dylan capture the singer-songwriter at a crucial moment in his career, having just "gone electric", but also it proved the behind-the-scenes life of rock stars was as compelling as what they did on stage.