Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan, how apt!
Both believers and cynics cling to skins the man himself has shed.
From the early days in 1961 when, in one-time lover and fellow protest singer Joan Baez's words, he 'burst on the scene, already a legend, the unwashed phenomenon, the original vagabond,' in the coffee houses of Greenwich Village, New York, to the present day when he has been on a 'never ending tour' since 1988, Dylan has defied claustrophobic compartmentalisation.
From the Saviour of America, he turned Judas -- that's how booing fans abused him when he turned away from 'socially relevant' protest song writing. From rebellious rock star who introduced the Beatles to marijuana, he turned devout Christian.
And when organisers of a concert in Japan made him promise he would stick to his most well known songs, he turned the arrangements of all songs on their head so almost none were recognisable.
When given the Grammy for Lifetime Achievement, he turned up as shabbily dressed as ever, took off his cap, and said in his acceptance speech, 'When I was young, my father said...'
He then scratched his head and continued, 'He said a lot of things,' before walking off.