New Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown charts the singer’s rise from folk singer to rock superstar. But why did he return Woody Guthrie's harmonica?

The Bob Dylan Center and Archives in Tulsa played a major role in making sure the look of the film was as authentic as possible.

You never were that into Bob Dylan, but you just saw “A Complete Unknown” and now you’re hooked. You’re fascinated by the singular twists and turns of Dylan’s career, and you

The Bob Dylan Center and Archives in Tulsa played a major role in making sure the look of the film was as authentic as possible.

A Complete Unknown article by Doug Collette, published on January 10, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Film Review articles

Timothée Chalamet delivers an amazing performance as young Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” which chronicles 19-year-old Dylan’s arrival in New York — after hitchhiking from Minnesota in 1961 — and his rapid rise to fame as a folk singer/songwriter, culminating with his dicey choice four years later to transition into a rock star.

Neil Young buried a very interesting tidbit about Bob Dylan in his glowing — but concise — review of the biopic A Complete Unknown. “I love Bob Dylan and his music. Always have,” Young, 79, wrote in a post on his website,

"Once he was on my bus and I didn't recognize him and threw him off," Young recalled Neil Young's review of A Complete Unknown is in. On the "Harvest Moon" singer's website Neil Young Archives, he shared his thoughts on the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet.