Eat the document
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Eat the document |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 54 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bob Dylan |
| music | see cast |
| camera | Howard Alk |
| cut | Howard Alk, Bob Dylan, DA Pennebaker |
| occupation | |
Eat the Document is a documentary about Bob Dylan's 1966 UK tour with The Hawks , where he made his first electric guitar. Dylan directed and edited the film with Howard Alk and DA Pennebaker , who had documented Dylan's UK tour with the film Dont Look Back the year before . Eat the Document was originally intended for the ABC television channel Stage '66 .
The film was never made available to the public. Some unauthorized copies are in the possession of collectors, including copies of a longer section of a drugged Dylan in a taxi with John Lennon .
The film contains, among other things, an interview with a visitor to a concert in Manchester who shouted "Judas" during the second half of Dylan playing electric guitar. In addition, scenes in the hotel and a duet with Johnny Cash were filmed.
Web links
- Eat the Document in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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