A Complete Unknown is in cinemas now, but what really happened between Bob Dylan and Joan Baez? Read on for the real-life version of their relationship.The two folk icons are portrayed by Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro in the film, which finally hit UK cinemas on Friday (January 17).
It tells the story of Dylan’s rise as a breakout star of Greenwich Village’s folk scene in the early 1960s to his controversial performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, where he performed live with electric instruments for the first time.NME has launched a special print edition magazine celebrating the film and the legacy of Dylan.
The 26-page one-shot is available now – find out where to get it here.NME awarded A Complete Unknown four stars, writing: “The most important (and often trickiest) job of any music movie is to get the music right.
And this nails that. If you’re a Bob newbie, you’ll leave the cinema ready to dive into his back catalogue. If you’re already a fan, the next few weeks will be spent making playlists of lesser-known B-sides or reading the lore around a scene you weren’t familiar with.
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