"There was a Rolling Thunder energy and that was his invention," Joan Baez says in Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, the documentary by Martin Scorsese released this week on Netflix. Using verite and concert footage, some of it first seen in Dylan's long-buried feature film Renaldo and Clara, Scorsese reframes that energy while adding a layer of meta-reality that reflects Dylan's enduring fascination with masks, disguises and alternative facts.
"Kwakukhona amandla e-Rolling Thunder futhi lokho kwaba ukuqamba kwakhe," kusho uJoan Baez kwiRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, idokhumentari kaMartin Scorsese ekhishwe kuleli sonto kuNetflix. Kusetshenziswa amavidyo e-verite nekhonsathi, amanye awo abonwe okokuqala kwifilimu kaDylan eseyifihle isikhathi eside uRenaldo noClara, abaseScorsese baphinde bavuselele lawo mandla ngenkathi bengeza ungqimba lwe-meta-reality ekhombisa ukuthakazela okungapheli kukaDylan ngamamaski, ukufihla namanye amaqiniso.