About this episode

Laura Tenschert interviews filmmaker Michael Glover Smith about Bob Dylan's work in film.

In this episode I talk to Chicago-based filmmaker, author, and college professor Michael Glover Smith about Bob Dylan the filmmaker, specifically his work on Eat the Document (1972), Renaldo & Clara (1978), and Masked & Anonymous (2003). Michael’s new book Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time to Think is published by McNidder & Grace on 2nd of March.

People in this episode

Host: Laura Tenschert

Guest: Michael Glover Smith

Topics covered

• Bob Dylan
• filmmaking
• interview
• Michael Glover Smith
• documentary
• film analysis

Keywords

• Bob Dylan
• filmmaker
• Michael Glover Smith
• Eat the Document
• Renaldo & Clara
• Masked & Anonymous
• film
• documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McNidder & Grace

Books & works: Eat the Document, Renaldo & Clara, Masked & Anonymous

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