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00:00You know what, cinephiles? While I was watching the movie, I couldn't stop thinking about how many young actors,
00:06although unknown, could have played Bob Dylan.
00:09Actors who, for the place where they were born, their origin, their upbringing,
00:13shared certain characteristics with this singer in a natural way,
00:17without having the need to transform his voice, his posture, or his essence,
00:21for months, as he had to do, well, which months? Years,
00:24as the actor Timothee Chalamet had to do.
00:27Let's see, it's logical that Hollywood needs big names like this one
00:31to be able to attract people to the movie theaters.
00:33But all this that I thought at the beginning,
00:36fell apart, collapsed, after watching the movie.
00:40Well, while I was watching the movie.
00:42And, cinephiles, I have to shout it out loud,
00:45Timothee Chalamet's talent is on another level.
00:50Yes, there are probably thousands of young and talented actors
00:55who could have played Bob Dylan, or who had a resemblance to him.
00:58But what this actor does on the screen,
01:01goes far beyond the physical resemblance.
01:05His ability to really transform is impressive.
01:08But beware, this movie is not just this actor.
01:12So in this video I will give you my most honest opinion
01:15of this film nominated for the Oscar.
01:18Let's talk today about the movie...
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01:24Uncomplete.
01:29Cinephiles and cinephiles, welcome to Fuera de Foco.
01:31I am Gaby Mesa Conceta,
01:32and I briefly apologize for this hair that I got like this.
01:35I feel like the character of Cate Blanchett in Borderlands,
01:38which, well, this adapted video game,
01:41that has her hair like this, like on the side.
01:42That's how I feel.
01:43I wish I looked 1% like Cate Blanchett.
01:45I know I don't, that majestic, goddess of the Olympus.
01:48But well, an apology for these pimples.
01:51Thank you for watching this video,
01:52and let's go quickly with this opinion.
01:54Not without first asking you
01:55that if you have already seen the movie,
01:56let me know what you think of it.
01:58Did you like it or not?
01:59For you, should he take all the Oscars
02:01in the next ceremony?
02:03Or did you come out a little disappointed
02:05or disappointed from the movie theater?
02:06Whatever your most honest opinion is,
02:08please leave it down here in the comments.
02:10And as always, I will be reading them.
02:12For those who Bob Dylan is a complete stranger,
02:15below I will give you a brief context.
02:18Bob Dylan, without a doubt,
02:20is one of the most influential musicians in history.
02:23Key in music and culture of the 20th century.
02:27He emerged in the folk scene of the 60s
02:30with songs like Blowing in the Wind
02:32and The Times They Are a-Changin'.
02:34Songs that became hymns of protest.
02:37And it is that folk music is characterized
02:39by its simplicity, lyrics with social messages,
02:42and the use of acoustic instruments.
02:45The United States reached its peak in the 50s and 60s
02:49with artists like Goody Woodrie and John Baez,
02:52who used their songs to talk about
02:54social justice and civil rights.
02:56And specifically Dylan,
02:58with his poetic and deep lyrics,
03:00revitalized folk.
03:02And in a super disruptive way,
03:04he merged it with rock,
03:06creating a unique style that made him
03:08one of the most important voices of his generation.
03:11This ability that he had and rebelled at the time
03:13to reinvent himself,
03:15earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.
03:18An unprecedented recognition for a singer-songwriter.
03:22Now this film is directed by James Mangold,
03:24who had definitely already shown his passion for music
03:28through the film Walk The Line.
03:31Also recognized for the successful Logan tape.
03:34A question that surely many ask themselves,
03:36do I need to meet Bob Dylan or be his fan
03:39to enjoy this tape?
03:41The answer is no.
03:43And it is that the film will take you into this universe.
03:46And when you leave to see it,
03:48not only will you understand the talent of the artist,
03:50but also a little of the historical context
03:53in which he developed and why it was so relevant.
03:56Now, the reality is that Bob Dylan
03:58was not only a music creator,
04:00but we can also call him a chronicler of his time.
04:03Reflecting through his songs
04:05the concerns and social movements
04:07that defined the radical change of his generation.
04:10And this film does take the time
04:12to show the different social events,
04:14from the missile crisis in Cuba,
04:16the Vietnam War,
04:18going through the murder of President John F. Kennedy, etc.
04:21Although I must emphasize here
04:23that these events only work
04:25in a second or third plane,
04:27like some news on the radio or on television.
04:30And of course, although they are a little in the background,
04:32it is clear and evident
04:34the impact or effect they have on the music of the singer.
04:38But these historical events
04:40do not end up getting involved
04:42in a deeper way in the development of the story.
04:45Given this, I must say that the focus
04:47or direction that James Mangold takes
04:49is to accompany Dylan in his personal relationships,
04:52both loving and professional,
04:54in his moments of creative outbursts
04:56and in his often unmanifested feeling of loneliness.
05:00And above all, yes, the music itself.
05:03If I had to condense a little
05:05how I perceived this film,
05:07I would describe it a little more
05:09as a sensory experience
05:11than as an exhaustive portrait of his life.
05:13And it is that outside of the relationship
05:15he has with Pete Seeger,
05:17played by Edward Norton,
05:19which ends up being one of the few links
05:21in which the film goes deeper,
05:23the rest of his personal relationships,
05:25including the loving ones,
05:27although they are occupying a lot of time on the screen,
05:29I did not feel that they developed thoroughly
05:31in terms of dialogues
05:33or detailed interactions between the characters.
05:35Let's see, I don't mean to say
05:37that you don't understand what the characters are feeling
05:39or that they don't explain these situations,
05:41but the portrait ends up being
05:43like lighter.
05:45They make it clear to you that there is chemistry,
05:47that they are a couple or that they are no longer a couple,
05:49that they hate each other, that later no longer, etc.
05:51But all in a more elliptical way
05:53because this film is showing
05:55the passage of the years in the life of this singer.
05:57So having these ellipses,
05:59these transitions in time,
06:01on a personal level,
06:03and feeling that I saw their relationships
06:05but I did not connect in depth
06:07with any. Let's see, maybe the director
06:09wanted to precisely provoke that
06:11feeling that he could not
06:13connect with them. And well,
06:15if that's what he was looking for, the truth is that
06:17yes, he achieves it. But yes,
06:19I did not enjoy that he did not step more
06:21forcefully on these issues. Now, as I mentioned,
06:23the music as such,
06:25the interpretation of the songs, was a
06:27fundamental part in this film,
06:29taking up a large part of the time on the screen.
06:31And the truth is that it is quite
06:33interesting to see how this tape
06:35has a priority in letting
06:37Timothy Chalamet shine as an
06:39interpreter, allowing him to show his
06:41versatility and ability to
06:43execute Bob Dylan's songs.
06:45Throughout the film we will see
06:47several scenes where
06:49Chalamet fully interprets the
06:51songs. Which I can intuit,
06:53maybe, I could think
06:55that this is something that
06:57Bob Dylan's fans will surely
06:59appreciate deeply.
07:01I will be completely honest with you,
07:03I think he would have preferred
07:05to spend more time
07:07developing his personal relationships,
07:09his space for introspection,
07:11instead of having 5 more complete songs
07:13being interpreted.
07:15Saying this, it is evident that the director
07:17chose that you meet the singer,
07:19his feeling and his ideology,
07:21not through dialogues, precisely,
07:23or scenes outside the stage,
07:25without his guitar, without his harmonica,
07:27but through the same songs
07:29that his state was revealed.
07:31And that's fine,
07:33only I don't finish working.
07:35I think saying this, it is already quite evident
07:37that A Complete Stranger is not one of my
07:39favorite films that are competing
07:41to take the Oscar to Best Film
07:43this year. And it is that considering
07:45the productions that have been focused on this
07:47artist, such as Don't Look Back
07:49by DJ Peanbaker, the documentary directed
07:51by Martin Scorsese, No Direction Home,
07:53or even this unconventional
07:55biography of I'm Not There
07:57directed by Todd Haynes,
07:59it turns out that these titles for me
08:01offered a deeper and multifaceted
08:03vision of Bob Dylan.
08:05These were productions that managed to capture
08:07his transition from folk music to rock,
08:09even his impact on culture and politics
08:11in a more raw way, and in many
08:13cases also much more revealing,
08:15in such a way that this A Complete Stranger
08:17ends up being a pleasant piece
08:19to see, pleasant to hear,
08:21to admire also the impressive talent
08:23of Timothée Chalamet, with a beautiful
08:25production design and, in general,
08:27very good performances. But
08:29on a personal level, nothing really
08:31that ended up stealing my breath.
08:33Well, yes, except for the performance
08:35of Timothée Chalamet, which
08:37already going into detail, it really is great,
08:39that man can be Willy Wonka,
08:41Paul Atreides, a drug addict
08:43and Bob fucking Dylan,
08:45and his body, his
08:47gestures, all transformed at the
08:49mercy of a very good interpretation.
08:51On the other hand, Edward Norton,
08:53the fan in Monica Bárbaro,
08:55are also incredible in their roles.
08:57Reflecting a little,
08:59maybe the film is alluding to
09:01the title of A Complete Stranger,
09:03as a reference, of course, to the famous
09:05song by Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone,
09:07where the chorus,
09:09that many of you know,
09:11speaks of being a complete stranger.
09:13Like a complete unknown
09:15Like a rolling stone
09:17A concept that could
09:19reflect the feeling of loneliness
09:21and disconnection that Dylan
09:23experienced in his personal and professional life.
09:25And the film, by focusing on
09:27that isolation and the constant
09:29reinvention of his person,
09:31seems to want to show us Dylan
09:33not only as a musical genius,
09:35but also as someone misunderstood and
09:37in constant search for his identity
09:39in the midst of fame and
09:41expectations of others.
09:43This interpretation of his life suggests
09:45that despite his monumental success,
09:47Dylan felt like a stranger
09:49in his own world.
09:51Which, of course, reinforces the idea
09:53that as much as he was recognized by everyone,
09:55he himself never stopped
09:57feeling far from the crowd,
09:59trapped in a loneliness that was both
10:01external and internal.
10:03And yes, precisely, the film ends
10:05leaving that footprint, that alienating
10:07feeling, but not only in him
10:09as a character or as a
10:11portrait of that person,
10:13but also alienating for the
10:15viewer. Speaking, of course,
10:17from my point of view.
10:19In conclusion, a completely unknown
10:21cinephile, it is a good movie that
10:23at a personal level would have seemed more
10:25enriching to the experience if a space
10:27had been opened to deepen more.
10:29Because, as I mentioned,
10:31suddenly, with so much ellipsis,
10:33that is, over the years, it gives the impression
10:35that we are covering everything and nothing.
10:37You have a very clear feeling
10:39that Dylan was someone visionary,
10:41rebellious, but at the same time enigmatic,
10:43with a deep impact on music
10:45and culture, although
10:47somewhat distant in his
10:49humanity. That's why I give this movie
10:51...
10:553 stars out of 5.
10:57Let's see, in the end this movie is competing
10:59for an Oscar award as the best
11:01movie, so surely many of you will love it.
11:03I would love you to share why you liked
11:05this movie so much. There will be those who are not connected
11:07so much with it, as was my case, also leave me
11:09in the comments. What I have to say in
11:11particular is that nomination for best director.
11:13Sincerely, I don't think this
11:15movie has a direction
11:17that stands out, right?
11:19That is distinguished by some technique,
11:21by some different aesthetics. Obviously
11:23I am not going to compare it with Sean Baker,
11:25with Anora, or with the movie The Brutalist,
11:27which is a spectacular direction.
11:29For me, The Brutalist would have to be the winner of all,
11:31all the categories from The Brutalist.
11:33But well, in particular, I understand
11:35why this tape could be nominated for best movie,
11:37but not for best director.
11:39I don't know if it generates a little noise for me there.
11:41But hey, I'll be reading your comments. Thank you very much
11:43for watching this video. You know that I'm going to comment
11:45on all the movies nominated for the Oscars.
11:47We will continue to give this coverage. Wait very
11:49soon for my review of a movie that
11:51I advance a little. I liked it a lot
11:53in a surprising way.
11:55Perfect partner. Very soon
11:57also this review on the channel. Thank you very much
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