I was completely blown away by this wonderful film. This is clever, entertaining cinema, even if you don't like Bob that much. Desire is my favourite BD album, that probably helps. And, be aware, the clue is in the title, this movie is not all that it might seem.
There are some remarkably intimate moments, I particularly enjoyed a conversation between Joan Baez and Bob, and the electricity between the two of them on and off stage throughout. I loved the interview with Rubin Carter. The performance of Hurricane and every other song with Scarlet Rivera, the duet with Roger McGuinn and especially when Roger and Bob accompany Joni Mitchell on Coyote. Another Netflix triumph.
Something I had never clocked previously is that it was Paterson that was the city Ruben Carter was accused of murder within. Paterson is one of my favourite films of all time, with Adam Driver playing a bus driver in Paterson city. Paterson was an epic poem by William Carlos Williams, one of the "Beat Generation" poets. Alan Ginsburg, perhaps the best known Beat Generation poet, features throughout TRTR by providing commentary, links, chatting with Bob by Kerouac's grave, and offering final thoughts.
On Netflix, currently free.
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