One of Rupert Everett's books has a chapter detailing his experience with HoF and Dylan. Interesting read perhaps showing Dylan, at that time, more in another world than otherworldly!
Beau talks with Bob every day for three months, shepherds him through this disaster and only receives a cold shoulder and a forced, “See you later,” blowoff from His Bobness. That borders on grotesque.
Round and round with Dylan & The Tea Boys! Great interview, Ray and Beau. Mark Rylance had a non-speaking part in Hearts of Fire?? My god, I saw him play Hamlet at The Globe!
I’ll admit it. I like this movie. So bad it’s good? Maybe. It’s a little slice of 80’s nostalgia and I only need a very tiny slice once in a while. You have to watch as a Dylan fan, not a cinephile! I concede there’s a creepy older/younger dynamic between Fiona and Dylan. It’s made less creepy by the fact that the Molly character is written as a young woman with agency. Thank goodness any steamy stuff was left on the cutting room floor.
Also: thanks for clearing up the RATT reference at the end of the BBC piece. I always thought Dylan asked those kids if they like “rap” which, I think, he was starting to really like himself. I think that little scene illustrates his earlier point about fame and being unable to interact with people on a normal level. It feels like the casual conversation is going to go off track at any second and enter into “people see me all the time and they just can’t remember how to act” territory. It’s lonely at the top.
Thanks for the interview Ray. I have always avoided the movie. I used to get bootlegs on vinyl, the trademark of quality, and some of those recordings were awful, but I still loved the thrill of the possibility of a gem nestled in the chaos…Hearts of Fire? Never touched it
One of Rupert Everett's books has a chapter detailing his experience with HoF and Dylan. Interesting read perhaps showing Dylan, at that time, more in another world than otherworldly!
Does he have those tapes? Tulsa? Bootleg Series 38?
Beau talks with Bob every day for three months, shepherds him through this disaster and only receives a cold shoulder and a forced, “See you later,” blowoff from His Bobness. That borders on grotesque.
Round and round with Dylan & The Tea Boys! Great interview, Ray and Beau. Mark Rylance had a non-speaking part in Hearts of Fire?? My god, I saw him play Hamlet at The Globe!
I’ll admit it. I like this movie. So bad it’s good? Maybe. It’s a little slice of 80’s nostalgia and I only need a very tiny slice once in a while. You have to watch as a Dylan fan, not a cinephile! I concede there’s a creepy older/younger dynamic between Fiona and Dylan. It’s made less creepy by the fact that the Molly character is written as a young woman with agency. Thank goodness any steamy stuff was left on the cutting room floor.
Also: thanks for clearing up the RATT reference at the end of the BBC piece. I always thought Dylan asked those kids if they like “rap” which, I think, he was starting to really like himself. I think that little scene illustrates his earlier point about fame and being unable to interact with people on a normal level. It feels like the casual conversation is going to go off track at any second and enter into “people see me all the time and they just can’t remember how to act” territory. It’s lonely at the top.
Thanks for the interview Ray. I have always avoided the movie. I used to get bootlegs on vinyl, the trademark of quality, and some of those recordings were awful, but I still loved the thrill of the possibility of a gem nestled in the chaos…Hearts of Fire? Never touched it
Thank you for making me laugh several times 🙏