After the events of A Complete Unknown, Pete Seeger went on to a long and successful career in both music and activism.

Bob Dylan has always had a fraught relationship with the world of progressive social change. He wrote some of the most penetrating socially conscious songs of the early 1960s — “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’,

Film director James Mangold also tells  Esther McCarthy why he focused on that crucial early period in Dylan's career

The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folk

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.

A Complete Unknown's account of Dylan's crucial transitional period misses the most interesting thing about it

On January 16, 2025, in the sumptuous surroundings of the Hotel Bristol in Paris, a press conference was held with Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro and director James Mangold to mark the eagerly-awaited release of Un Parfait Inconnu, a daring biopic devoted to Bob Dylan.

Five years later, with Chalamet now one of the biggest actors in the world and Bob Dylan still alive and well, the film is out for new audiences to delve into his life, which doesn’t need star power to lead.

Filmmaker James Mangold tapped production designer François Audouy to create a replica of Dylan's New York. Their first stop? New Jersey.

In James Mangold's film A Complete Unknown, we get a cautious and reverent story of a musician who has always sought to transcend the limits imposed upon him.