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==Reception and legacy== ''Dont Look Back'' has been very well received by critics. It has a rating of 91% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 55 reviews. The websites critics consensus reads, "''Dont [sic] Look Back'' leaves the mysteries of Dylan largely intact while offering a gripping verite-style account of a pivotal moment in his incredible career." The film received a 5-star review from [[AllMovie]] and has a [[Metacritic]] score of 84, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Citation|title=Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bob-dylan-dont-look-back|access-date=2022-02-17}}</ref> In August 1967, a ''[[Newsweek]]'' reviewer wrote, "''Dont Look Back'' is really about fame and how it menaces art, about the press and how it categorizes, bowdlerizes, sterilizes, universalizes or conventionalizes an original like Dylan into something it can dimly understand".<ref name="pc40">{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19799/m1/ |title=Show 40 β Ballad in Plain D: Bob Dylan. [1966] : UNT Digital Library |last=Gilliland |first=John |year=1969 |author-link=John Gilliland |work=[[Pop Chronicles]] |publisher=Digital.library.unt.edu |format=audio |access-date=2011-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefilmchair.com/reviews/dontlookback.html |title=Dont Look Back (1967) |publisher=Thefilmchair.com |date=2007-01-16 |access-date=2011-04-29}}</ref> [[Kurt Cobain]] identified it as the only "good documentary about rock and roll" in a 1991 interview with his [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] bandmates, a sentiment with which [[Dave Grohl]] concurred.<ref>Archived at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZpWr6-FtQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170518142140/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBW7iDoKdNA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|title=Nirvana - Interview about the movie Singles in 1992| date=January 15, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBW7iDoKdNA|language=en|access-date=2021-04-10}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film has been parodied and paid homage to by many other films and television shows including ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-11 |title=11 Things You Didn't Know About 'Spinal Tap' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spinal-tap-30th-anniversary-facts_n_4887740 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Bob Roberts]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Roberts DVD review {{!}} Cine Outsider |url=http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/b/bob_roberts.html |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=www.cineoutsider.com}}</ref> and ''[[Documentary Now!]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-14 |title='Documentary Now!' a spoof on docs by 'SNL' alums Seth Meyers, Bill Hader and Fred Armisen |url=https://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150814/documentary-now-a-spoof-on-docs-by-snl-alums-seth-meyers-bill-hader-and-fred-armisen/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> The opening sequence featuring "[[Subterranean Homesick Blues]]" has likewise inspired many music videos, including [[INXS]]' "[[Mediate (song)|Mediate]]",<ref>{{Cite web |last=chrishewitt |title=5 best odes to Bob Dylan's iconic cue card video for 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' |url=https://www.startribune.com/5-best-odes-to-bob-dylan-s-iconic-cue-card-video-for-subterranean-homesick-blues/484852661/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Star Tribune|date=June 7, 2018 }}</ref> [[Evidence (musician)|MC Evidence]]'s "The Far Left,"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Weingarten |first=Christopher R. |date=2010-03-30 |title=Is Bob Dylan Hip-Hop's Godfather? His Ties to Beasties, Roots, More |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/is-bob-dylan-hip-hops-godfather-64581/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s "[[Bob ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)|Bob]]"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=Weird Al's best non-parody songs |url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/music/weird-als-best-non-parody-songs/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=We Got This Covered |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Hozier]]'s "[[Almost (Sweet Music)]],"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-14 |title=Interview: Hozier β "At Worst The World Will Sing Along" - The 13th Floor |url=https://13thfloor.co.nz/interview-hozier-at-worst-the-world-will-sing-along/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=13thfloor.co.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref> and was cited by journalist [[Roger Friedman]] as "the most copied, most revered, music video of all time".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-15 |title=Happy 94th Birthday to DA Pennebaker the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker, Lifetime Oscar Recipient |url=https://www.showbiz411.com/2019/07/15/happy-94th-birthday-to-da-pennebaker-the-greatest-documentary-filmmaker-lifetime-oscar-recipient |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Showbiz411 |language=en-US}}</ref> ===Home media=== ''Dont Look Back'' has been released and re-released on home video in many formats, from VHS to Blu-ray, over the decades. A digitally remastered deluxe DVD edition was released on February 27, 2007.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KJU1HI/ Amazon.com: Bob Dylan β Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition): Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Nico, Albert Grossman, Alan Price, Tito Burns, Donovan,Derroll Adams, Chris Ellis (III), Marianne Faithfull, Terry Ellis (II), Jones Alk, Allen Ginsberg, Brian Pendleton (II),Howard Alk, John Mayall, D. A. Pennebaker: Movies & TV]</ref> The two-disc edition contained the remastered film, five additional audio tracks, commentary by filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker and Tour Road Manager Bob Neuwirth, an alternative version of the video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues", the original companion book edited by D. A. Pennebaker to coincide with the film's release in 1968, a flip-book for a section of the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video, and a brand new documentary by D. A. Pennebaker and edited by Walker Lamond called ''[[65 Revisited]]''. The DVD packaging was also given new artwork. On November 24, 2015, [[The Criterion Collection]] released a newly restored [[4K resolution|4K]] transfer of the film on Blu-ray and DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/28655-dont-look-back/|title=Dont Look Back (1967) β The Criterion Collection|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> The Criterion version contained new special features.
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