The film is not only a rigorous biographical film, but also a grand opera composed of folk songs, a beautiful prose poem, and even a dream, full of praise for youth and talent.
The whole movie "I'm Not There" is strung together with Dylan's famous songs, disrupting time and space, abandoning traditional narrative methods, and lacking a clear storyline. A lot of facts about Dylan’s life are involved in the film, and there are countless metaphors. The audience must understand Dylan’s life to fully understand every mystery hidden in the film. However, Hines believes that the audience does not need to investigate the symbolic meaning of every detail too much. He said that it can be regarded as a dream, as a journey of the soul.
"Im not there" is very dazzling, some of the tricks are dazzling, and there are a lot of original and adapted songs by Bob Dylan, which is more enjoyable. But along the way, there is always some boring caused by too much literature and art.
