The doc is valuable as a piece of Bob Dylan history. Otherwise there isn't anything really special that will strongly captivate you. In the description I was reading how it is a portrait of America in the mid-seventies and that the Revue takes us on a tour of the economically depressed towns and cities of America, a country that is shell-shocked from the Vietnam War. In reality, you don't see much of the towns and cities the tour passes through, just glimpses. You get to meet a lot of the folks in the traveling show but they don't quite come fully to life. The camera just isn't capturing a hell of a lot. There is plenty of music, so it does function as a concert movie. And I hate to sound negative, but I just don't care for Dylan's band's sound on this tour. (Although I overall like Dylan's recordings quite a bit). I'm not saying the movie is not worthwhile; it just had nothing particularly exciting which I was hoping it would. Probably the best parts are the interview segments, dispersed throughout, with the 70-something Dylan reflecting on the tour 40 years later.
I must add: the strongest, best-sounding song I heard, the only one that really had "oomph," is "Romance in Durango" which is heard as an outro, during the end credits. I must give kudos to that song.
I must add: the strongest, best-sounding song I heard, the only one that really had "oomph," is "Romance in Durango" which is heard as an outro, during the end credits. I must give kudos to that song.