Hes a mysterious, elusive figure.
But equally, I didnt really know how involved hed be.
Its an interpretation, he said.
Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’Searchlight Pictures
This was a fable.
This was not meant to be a Wikipedia fact-for-fact recreation of how it was.
Otherwise, you might as well just watch the footage that exists.
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Mangold and his co-writer Jay Cocks based the screenplay on the 2015 bookDylan Goes Electric!
Theres a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!).
Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role.
Timmys a brilliant actor so Im sure hes going to be completely believable as me.
Or a younger me.
Or some other me.
The films taken from Elijah…
Chalamet also explained the decision to sing live in the film.
He had initially pre-recorded tracks in LA with the films executive music producer Nick Baxter.
It caused a bit of a panic on set, but it was worth it.
And Edward Norton was sort of like the devil in my ear, saying, Do it live.
You sound better live.’
That doesnt mean you couldnt be a great artist without.
One could also have had a lot of friends growing up, or a vibrant inner life.
SearchLight PicturesA Complete Unknownis in theaters December 25th.
