Director James Mangold and the Sound and Music of A Complete Unknown

December 09, 2024 - 03:45 PM

The director and sound team join us to discuss their work on the new Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” covering the cast’s extraordinary performances, how they recreated those iconic original recordings, and why it took so long to bring this film to the screen, after being greenlit five years ago.

Joining the conversation incldue James Mangold, Director, Co-Writer, and Producer, Ted Caplan, Supervising Music Editor, Tod Maitland, Sound Mixer, Donald Sylvester, Supervising Sound Editor and Paul Massey, Re-Recording Mixer.

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DIRECTOR

James Mangold

Synopsis

At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation - defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.

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