Excerpt from an article on the "American Masters" PBS series:
The showpiece of the PBS portion of the tour was another American Masters special, the much-anticipated three-and-a-half-hour Bob Dylan doc, No Direction Home, directed by feature filmmaker Martin Scorsese, to be seen in two parts, Sept. 26 and 27.
Paranoid of piracy, PBS agreed to screen it for critics one time only in a theatre on the nearby Fox lot. A scheduling conflict forced me to leave shortly before the halfway mark, but I had to tear myself away. It's riveting stuff, Dylan having allowed the director unprecedented access to his own private archives, and to himself — his eloquent and intimate narrative (culled from more than 10 hours of interviews) paints an indelibly detailed portrait of the pivotal period from 1961 through 1966.
But neither you, nor I, will have to wait for the PBS broadcast — an expanded DVD package of the film will be released a week before, on Sept. 19.
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