How amazing must it feel to be recognized for your work by a huge crowd? And especially when you’re still a teenager? To experience this feeling alongside Bob Dylan, the upcoming movie A Complete Unknown, releasing on December 25, is a must-watch.
Directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Dan Fogler, Boyd Holbrook, and others, the film A Complete Unknown is based on the life and career of musician Bob Dylan, focusing on the year 1961.
Set in New York, A Complete Unknown highlights the life of 19-year-old Bob Dylan and his rise as a folk singer. It traces his journey to fame, from small venues to concert halls, and eventually to becoming a favorite of the people. The trailer provides a clear glimpse of the movie’s plot. One standout line from the trailer is: “Everyone in the room wants me to be something different.” The trailer ends with drum rolls and Bob’s iconic performance at the New York Folk Festival in 1965.
Best Quotes and Dialogues from A Complete Unknown Movie
1. I wanna tell you a little story. Few months back, my friend Woody Guthrie and I we met a young man. He dropped in on us outta nowhere and he played us a song. And in that moment we got a feeling we were getting a glimpse of the future.
2. – You tramped all the way from Minnesota. Why is that?
– I wanted to catch a spark.
3. – They say no one wants to hear what a kid wrote last month.
– Well, I like your songs.
4. How about that Joan Baez, folks?
She’s pretty. Sings pretty. Maybe a little too pretty.
5. – Your songs are like an oil painting at the dentist’s office.
– You’re kind of an as-hole, Bob.
6. If anyone’s gonna hold your attention on a stage, you have to kind of be a freak.
7. You can be beautiful or you can be ugly, but you can’t be plain.
8. – Two hundred people in that room and each one wants me to be somebody else. They should just let me be.
– Let you be what?
– Whatever it is they don’t want me to be.
9. – I hear Bob is playing electric.
– Not on our stage he isn’t.
10. Oh my god, it’s Bob Dylan! Bob!
11. They just want me singing “Blowin’ in the Wind” for the rest of my goddamn life.
12. – You came here with nothing but a guitar. You never talk about your family, your past…
– People make up their past, Sylvie! They remember what they want, they forget the rest.
13. – I’m not sure they wanna hear what I wanna play, Johnny.
– I wanna hear it.
14. Make some noise, BD.
15. – 200 people in that room and each one wants me to be somebody else.
– How do you sing then?
– I put myself in another place. But I’m a stranger there.
16. – If you could just get up there one more time and use that music in the right way…
– The right way? Did you ever listen to the music you’re telling me not to play?
17. Songs are supposed to stand the test of time.
18. You’re making quite a noise down there.
19. We were gettin’ a glimpse of the future.
20. He’s our Elvis.
21. I wanna know which side he’s on.
22. I got these special binoculars, and they allow me to see into your soul.
Images: Searchlight Pictures A Complete Unknown
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A Complete Unknown Movie Ratings: On Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of 86 critics’ reviews are positive, while Metacritic gave A Complete Unknown a score of 72/100 based on 34 critics.