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I'm Not There (2007)

★ 6.5 · 767 ratings on TMDB

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

I'm Not There poster★ 6.5

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

DirectorTodd Haynes
CastBen Whishaw, Bruce Greenwood, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Bale, David Cross
GenresDrama, Music
The emergence reading

I'm Not There keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, music, rebellion.

zero-distanceUSidentitymusicrebellion
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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

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