A Complete Unknown director forced to clarify Bob Dylan fake scene request - ‘But anyone can disbelieve me and search about for whatever fiction they think meets the criteria of the story’

It might at first seem obvious why filmmakers won’t leave the subject of Bob Dylan alone. Search “Dylan” and “movies,” and the list — from documentaries like “Don’t Look Back” (1967) to fictionalized treatments like “I’m Not There” (2007) — turns out to be surprisingly extensive.

The film’s title, “A Complete Unknown,” serves as a guide for how it approaches its subject material. Mangold’s script works to uphold the mythology of Dylan as an unknowable artist — who, from the beginning, was reluctant to be defined by others and by himself.

Bob Dylan goes from feeling stuck in the folk bubble to branching off into an experimental sound, becoming one of the pioneers of folk rock. The movie encapsulates the “experimental creative” and was made for those who want to put their artwork into a world that may not be ready for it.

To say I was skeptical of A Complete Unknown, which opened around Israel on Thursday, would be an understatement since I thought that Bob Dylan was too unique and iconic a cultural and musical figure to be portrayed with any authenticity in a drama.