I discovered the existence of Trouble No More today after someone asked me what got Dylan started in his religious phase, and as I didn't know for sure I started doing some Internet research, and wow, there's a Dylan concert film called Trouble No More? I did not know that. So I found it online and watched it.
The most important aspect of the film - the music - did not disappoint. Dylan and his fine group of musicians doing Do Right To Me Baby is not only more proof - not that I needed any more proof - that Dylan is at the highest level one can be as a musician, but that his brilliance also lies in his ability to select musicians who are not only first-rate, but who are perfect Dylan dance partners.
The Michael Shannon preaching segments didn't do anything for me; I was there to see Dylan. I get it, that it was sort of a re-creation of the gospel church experience, interspersing the preachings of a charismatic preacher with some holy rolling gospel music. But with Dylan's music there was already wonderful sermonizing, so all of those preacher segments were superfluous to me. I wish those segments had been replaced by a story line about what led Dylan to become a born-again Christian, and if there was any footage of Dylan discussing his spirituality during his Slow Train Coming and Saved phase, now that I would have liked to see.
The most important aspect of the film - the music - did not disappoint. Dylan and his fine group of musicians doing Do Right To Me Baby is not only more proof - not that I needed any more proof - that Dylan is at the highest level one can be as a musician, but that his brilliance also lies in his ability to select musicians who are not only first-rate, but who are perfect Dylan dance partners.
The Michael Shannon preaching segments didn't do anything for me; I was there to see Dylan. I get it, that it was sort of a re-creation of the gospel church experience, interspersing the preachings of a charismatic preacher with some holy rolling gospel music. But with Dylan's music there was already wonderful sermonizing, so all of those preacher segments were superfluous to me. I wish those segments had been replaced by a story line about what led Dylan to become a born-again Christian, and if there was any footage of Dylan discussing his spirituality during his Slow Train Coming and Saved phase, now that I would have liked to see.