Hello, this is James Mangold. I am the co-writer, director and one of the producers of 'A Complete Unknown'. “Mr. Piet Seeger.” This is Gerde's Folk City, an early scene in the film. Joan Baez has just performed a breathtaking tune and Pete Seeger comes on stage, played by the brilliant Edward Norton, and introduces his protégé, a very young 19-year-old Bob Dylan, who we have only heard sing once. so far in the film, and takes the stage for his debut. Timothée Chalamet is of course playing Bob Dylan and will be performing live in this scene, as he does all the time. We also introduce Dan Fogler who plays Albert Grossman to the audience. He will become a sideman and forever be present in this period of Bob's life. Okay. Thanks, folks. Yes, thanks, Piet. That's a… Boy, that's a lot to live up to. Monica Barbaro is Joan Baez, a very fierce presence on the folk scene and a huge star in folk music at the time. “What about Joan Baez, people? It's pretty good. And she is beautiful. Sings beautifully. Maybe a little too nice.” I love this moment where Timothy portrays Bob's slightly foot-in-mouth, inappropriate, provocative nature. “I was young when I left home. I was wandering around. And I never wrote a letter to my house. To my house.” This is an early Dylan song called “I Was Young When I Left Home,” which I thought was appropriate, especially because it is so deeply autobiographical in the sense that Dylan was young when he left home and started his life over again. started in New York. 'I brought my wages home. And I met an old friend I knew… 'It's interesting to tell the story of this period. I felt like a lot of Dylan's filmography, even though it's mostly documentary, is very hands-on, very vivid and electric in the sense of chasing the actors in a documentary style. I felt like Bob's own style was so profound that I wanted to sit back and just observe and allow the power of the music, which we perform live throughout the film. Let that music communicate. “It's very good, isn't it?” “Yes.” “He is my client.” Folk music is of course simple at its core, without frills, a human voice and a guitar. And for that reason, I felt that we really couldn't take the risk of producing these pieces with too much technological intervention. I just wanted to let the actors transition from speaking to singing and back to speaking in a way that feels completely natural and like you are there.