Open Letter to Columbia Records
Dear Columbia Records:
Please release Renaldo and Clara on DVD now! Both versions, the long one and the short one. I don’t want a copy of Masked and Anonymous, I don’t want a DVD of Unplugged, and I don’t want a copy of that video of Bob with Tom Petty’s band playing in Australia or wherever. I want to see the charismatic Bob of 1975–76. I was just watching the video for “Series of Dreams”:
Half of the film footage seems to come from Renaldo and Clara (while the other half seems to come from Don’t Look Back). And it looks great. From looking at those clips, Bob Dylan, when he was in his prime (the mid 60s and the mid 70s), would have made a great silent film star, another Valentino. You can’t keep your eyes off of him.
(And, while you’re at it, please also release Eat the Document and Something Is Happening on DVD.)
Paul Reiners