DVD Review

Bob Dylan: 1975-1981 Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years (2006)

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Rated: Unrated; DVD Release Date: Apr 04, 2006; Genre: Documentary; With: Bob Dylan

B+

By David Browne

David Browne

David Browne is EW's music critic and author of ''Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley'' (HarperCollins)

If you can handle the four-hour length and filmmaker Joel Gilbert's Dylan obsession, this ''totally unauthorized'' doc Bob Dylan: 1975-1981 Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years illuminates a peculiar time in Dylan's career. Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Scarlet Rivera recount the Rolling Thunder Revue and Dylan's ''Vegas entertainer'' era. The bits on Dylan's born-again phase are a jaw-dropping look back at when he lost himself in a new faith — or completely lost it.

COOL CURIO Audiotapes of Bob chastising an audience about Judgment Day.

Posted Mar 31, 2006

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