Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese's Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese looks at Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour in the fall of 1975, set against an America in the middle of change. The film mixes documentary, concert footage and invented material, blurring the line between what happened and what was staged. Bob Dylan appears as himself, alongside Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Joan Baez and Scarlet Rivera, with other performers playing characters such as the Oracle of Delphi, the Punk Poet, the Filmmaker and the Queen of Swords. The result is as much a portrait of the country at that moment as it is a record of the music Dylan played on stage.

The film was released in June 2019 and runs 142 minutes. It is the thirty-third of thirty-eight films Scorsese has directed in chronological order, coming after The Irishman and before Uncut Gems. Margaret Bodde and Jeff Rosen produced it through Sikelia Productions and Grey Water Park Productions. Its credited cast numbers fifty-three.

Reception separates audiences from critics. On IMDb it holds 7.6 out of 10 from 7,455 votes, and on TMDB it stands at 7 out of 10 from 150 votes, both indicating solid but not overwhelming viewer approval. The critics' rating is higher, 8.2 out of 10 from 97 reviews.