Research Guides: IDS 101: Who is Bob Dylan?: Films & Recordings

DVDs in the Library

Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) ML420.D98 N63 2005

Traces Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966.
Don't Look Back
Call Number: PNCA Mezzanine DVDs ML 420 .D98 B6 2007

Portrait of Dylan as a young man during the period when his music is shifting from acoustic to electric, filmed during his 1965 concert tour of England.
I'm Not There
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.B55 I554 2007

Depicting the different stages and changes in Bob Dylan's career, six actors each portray the musician at different points of his life, creating a patchwork of personalities, attitudes, interests and ambitions
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Call Number: In Summit only

Martin Scorsese's pseudo-documentary film, composed of both fictional and non-fictional material, about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.W4 P38 2006

One of Billy The Kid's oldest friends is now a sheriff and has vowed to hunt him down. Bob Dylan plays the role of Alias.

Online Videos

Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1968-1972), in Country Music, Episode 6
Learn how country music responds to a nation divided by the Vietnam War, and artists like Bob Dylan and the Byrds find a recording home in Nashville.
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
This unique documentary wraps the themes of liberty, identity and free expression around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patriot Act. A section on Bob Dylan starts at minute 31:40.

Online Recordings

Bob Dylan: Greatest Hits performed by Den Fiori

Streaming Music Databases

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Ways to Watch DVDs on Campus

1. AV Rooms 1 and 2 (Mark O. Hatfield Library Second Floor). Check out keys at the Circulation Desk.

The DLS is located in Ford 101. Students are welcome to drop by to reserve the studio for group viewings of DVDs, and we will gladly assist with viewings in the evenings or when no classes are scheduled. Contact info: digital-learning-studio@willamette.edu or 503-375-5492.

IDS 101: Who is Bob Dylan?: Films & Recordings

DVDs in the Library

Online Videos

Online Recordings

Streaming Music Databases

Ways to Watch DVDs on Campus

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