Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes
- Written by Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Searchlight PicturesIn 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely described as the voice of a generation.
A Complete Unknown follows Dylan’s transformation from his arrival in 1961 to when he was booed at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 for...





