…but you can’t trust most of the people who’ve posted opinions thus far, and I mean especially Clayton Davis. I’ll accept the praisings of Scott Menzel, fine, but I’m still trying to figure out what David Poland thinks of James Mangold‘s film, except that he needs to see it again, which he says about almost everything.

You can always trust HE as I have no hidden agendas. (I have put the Mangold episode of 2009 into a sealed box.) I’ll be catching A Complete Unknown on Monday evening (11.25).

Poland: “A Complete Unknown manages to tell us everything about Bob Dylan while telling us almost nothing about Bob Dylan.” HE: What the fuck does that mean? Poland: “The movie is ultimately about the power of the individual and talent and how what we all want can turn on a dime, repeatedly.” HE: What the fuck does that mean?

Poland: “Chalamet brings enormous power to this portrait of a man who just keeps leaving but then also keeps delivering surprises. Edward Norton’s turn is perfectly true to Seeger. Monica Barbaro delivers a Baez of many facets, from fire to ice. And Elle Fanning is destined to be underrated in a complex turn as ;the first NY girlfriend.’ I really need to see it again to fully negotiate all that is there and all that is not there by design.” HE to Poland: Spit it out!