Annotated Bibliography/Research Question

Annotated Bibliography

Anderson, John. "Dylan Movie to Open Like a Rolling Premiere." The New York Times. 21 Aug 2007. 29 Oct 2008 <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/movies/21dyla.html/partner/rssnyt/?scp=9&sq=%22I'm%20Not%20There%22&st=cse>.
-Explains the efforts of the Weinstein company in regards to distribution of the film.

Hernandez, Eugene. "HanWay + Celluloid Dreams=Dreamachine; New Combined Company Launching in Cannes." IndieWIRE. 03 Apr 2007. 29 Oct 2008 .

-Discusses the sales/production/financing firm that produced I’m Not There.

Lyall, Sarah. "In Stetson or Wig, He's Hard to Pin Down." The New York Times. 04 Nov 2007. 29 Oct 2008 .

-Heath Ledger is interviewed and explains (what he speculates is) the meaning of I'm Not There.

Sullivan, Robert. "This is Not a Bob Dylan Movie". The New York Times. 07 Oct 2007. 

29 Oct 2008. 

-Illustrates Tod Haynes’s desire to make a film that shows what Dylan himself is all about and how he functions as a sort of metamorphic character.

Wisniewski, Chris. "An American Tale: Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There". IndieWIRE. 19 Nov 2007. 29 Oct 2008 .
-Review discussing the success that the film had in the execution of a fractured narrative

Research Question:

I would like to examine the methods used to market and distribute I'm Not There. As I understand it, the Weinstein Company faced a challenge of marketing an experimental art film filled with famous faces, and they chose to open on fewer screens in the hopes that critical acclaim would save the film.