The Other Side of the Mirror (film)

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The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival is a 2007 documentary film about Bob Dylan's appearances at the Newport Folk Festival in three successive years: 1963, 1964, and 1965, directed by Murray Lerner.

The film adds to the footage previously seen in Lerner's Festival! (1967), with full-length song performances. It includes Dylan's controversial electric set from 1965.

This film features previously unseen footage, chronicling the changes in Dylan's style when he appeared at Newport in three successive years. This film was broadcast by

Yeats, Lorca, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound never achieved. He reached a mass audience with poetry."[1]

Critical reception

The documentary garnered positive reviews from critics. In his review for

Like A Rolling Stone and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue as being "great" versions that "provide a thrilling climax to the film without quite overshadowing the others."[2]

Chapter List of DVD

1963

1964

1965

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[3] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ Gundersen, Edna (2007-09-06). "Dylan projects are blowin' in". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  2. ^ Scott, A. O. (7 December 2007). "The Young Bob Dylan, Charismatic and Electric". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

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