History Film / ImNotThere

* CaptainErsatz / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Dylans obviously, but other characters count too, such as Alice Fabian (Joan Baez), Coco Rivington (Edie Sedgwick), and Sara (who is a CompositeCharacter of Dylan's wives/girlfriends). Interestingly enough, the one celebrity who ''isn't'' disguised in some way is Allen Ginsberg, [[WTHCasting played by David Cross]].

** The Robbie Clark segment was inspired by the films of Jean-Luc Godard (particularly ''Masculin Féminim'').

* InTheStyleOf: The Jude Quinn segment is directed in the style of [[Creator/FedericoFellini Fellini's]] Film/EightAndAHalf
** the Robbie Clark segment was inspired by the films of Jean-Luc Godard
** Richard Gere's was shot in the style of SamPeckinpah's "hippie westerns" of the 1960s. Don't forget that Dylan appeared in Peckinpah's ''PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid'', besides composing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

* Retraux

--> -- '''Billy the Kid''' (Closing Narration)

'''''I'm Not There''''' is a 2007 biopic--[[MindScrew sort of]]--based on the life of BobDylan. Directed by Creator/ToddHaynes, the film uses 5 different actors (and [[CateBlanchett one actress]]) to portray him; all playing Dylan at different roles in his life.

* Woody Guthrie (Marcus Carl Franklin) is a black 11-year old boy traveling across America trying to find his place. He represents Dylan's MysteriousPast and lies. His name comes from Dylan's idol, Woody Guthrie.

* CloudCuckooLander: Jude Quinn, big time. Deconstructed, of course, as he is in fact a very erudite and intelligent person, but his drugs and alcohol abuse, and his mainly jerkass attitude, has left him as a really fried mad artist. This is true for the mid-60s Dylan, as he was constantly using drugs and going to clubs, and meeting people like Edie (Andy Warhol's diva), and Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones, and The Beatles.

* Jude Quinn (CateBlanchett) is Dylan in his rock stage: abrasive, fragile, and drug-addicted. Haynes wanted the role to be played by a woman to capture Dylan's felineness in this period of his life.
* Robbie Clark (HeathLedger) is a [[MindScrew film star that plays Jack Rollins in the film Grain of Sand]]. However, this section focuses mainly on his relationship with Claire. He displays Dylan's attitude in relationships and his misogyny.

* Arthur Rimbaud (BenWhishaw) seems to be in a court scene. Not really having a storyline of his own, he pops in and out throughout the film with small sections of script - mostly actual Dylan quotes. Named for the poet.

* {{Bishonen}}: BenWhishaw as Arthur Rimbaud certainly qualifies, and if I'm not mistaken, [[BiFauxnen Jude Quinn]] does too.

* AllStarCast

* FakeNationality: Australians CateBlanchett and HeathLedger, as well as Welshman Creator/ChristianBale all play [[FakeAmerican American]] Dylans, and Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood plays [[FakeBrit British]] reporter Keenan Jones [[ActingForTwo and]] [[FakeAmerican American]] lawman Pat Garrett.

* NonSingingVoice: Neither Cate Blanchett nor Christian Bale do their own singing. The former has her song dubbed by [[{{Pavement}} Stephen Malkmus]] and the Million Dollar Bashers, and the latter by John Doe and Mason Jennings (among others). Averted with Marcus Carl Franklin, who does his own singing and guitar.

* Dedication: To director Todd Haynes' late editor Jim Lyons.

* ArcWords: Freedom

* RecursiveReality: Jack Rollins is the "real life" version of Jude Quinn (as evidenced by his appearance in "her" yearbook). The story featuring Billy the Kid is implied to take place within the mind of Jude Quinn, too (Pat Garret is [[ActingForTwo played by the same actor]] who plays the British reporter who harasses Jude/Jack).

* ArcWords: "Freedom".

'''''I'm Not There''''' is a 2007 biopic--[[MindScrew sort of]]--based on the life of BobDylan. Directed by Todd Haynes, the film uses 5 different actors (and [[CateBlanchett one actress]]) to portray him; all playing Dylan at different roles in his life.

->''"People are always talking about freedom. Freedom to live a certain way, without being kicked around. Course the more you live a certain way, the less it feels like freedom. Me, uhm, I can change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else. I don't know who I am most of the time. "''
--> -- '''Billy the Kid'''

* InTheStyleOf: The Jude Quinn segment is directed in the style of [[FedericoFellini Fellini's]] Film/EightAndAHalf

* WildMassGuessing: The movie portrays all interpretations of Dylan's music as this.

* TitledAfterTheSong: A previously-unreleased Dylan tune that--until this movie--existing only in bootleg form.

->''"People are always talking about freedom. Freedom to live a certain way, without being kicked around. Course the more you live a certain way, the less it feel like freedom. Me, uhm, I can change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else. I don't know who I am most of the time. "''

* Jack Rollins (ChristianBale) represents Dylan's folk era. Done in the style of a documentary looking back, it chronicles Rollins' rise to fame and his ultimate disillusion with it. Jack later becomes Pastor John, showing Dylan's exploration into Christianity.

* FakeNationality: Australians CateBlanchett and HeathLedger, as well as Welshman ChristianBale all play [[FakeAmerican American]] Dylans, and Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood plays [[FakeBrit British]] reporter Keenan Jones [[ActingForTwo and]] [[FakeAmerican American]] lawman Pat Garrett.
* FauxDocumentary: The [[ChristianBale Jack Rollins]] story.
* FilmWithinAFilm: The in-universe {{Biopic}} ''Grain of Sand'' stars [[HeathLedger Robbie Clark]] as [[ChristianBale Jack Rollins]].

* WildMassGuessing: The movie portrays all interpretations of Dylan's music as this.

* Jack Rollins (ChristianBale) represents Dylan's folk era. Done in the style of a documentary looking back, it documents Rollins' rise to fame and his disillusion with it. Jack later becomes Pastor John, showing Dylan's exploration into Christianity.

* Jack Rollins (ChristianBale) represents Dylan's folk era. Done in the style of a documentary, it documents the life of Rollins from a hindsight perspective. Jack later becomes Pastor John, showing Dylan's exploration into Christianity.

* TitledAfterTheSong: A previously-unreleased Dylan song that--until this movie--existing only in bootleg form.

'''''I'm Not There''''' is a 2007 "biopic" based on the life of BobDylan. Directed by Todd Haynes, the film uses 5 different actors (and [[CateBlanchett one actress]]) to portray him; all playing Dylan at different roles in his life.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After Jude hangs with--and turns on--"John Paul and George" ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed aka]] Music/TheBeatles), the latter exit with their fans chasing them (a la ''Film/AHardDaysNight'').

'''''I'm Not There''''' is a 2007 biopic based on the life of BobDylan. Directed by Todd Haynes, the film uses 5 different actors (and [[CateBlanchett one actress]]) to portray him; all playing Dylan at different roles in his life.

Woody Guthrie (Marcus Carl Franklin) is a black 11-year old boy travelling across America trying to find his place. He represents Dylan's MysteriousPast and lies. His name comes from Dylan's idol, Woody Guthrie.

Jack Rollins (ChristianBale) represents Dylan's folk era. Done in the style of a documentary, it documents the life of Rollins from a hindsight perspective. Jack later becomes Pastor John, showing Dylan's exploration into Christianity.

Robbie Clark (HeathLedger) is a [[MindScrew film star that plays Jack Rollins in the film Grain of Sand]]. However, this section focuses mainly on his relationship with Claire. He displays Dylan's attitude in relationships and his misogyny.

Jude Quinn (CateBlanchett) is Dylan in his rock stage: abrasive, fragile, and drug-addicted. Haynes wanted the role to be played by a woman to capture Dylan's felineness in this period of his life.

Billy the Kid (Richard Gere) is an outlaw in the bush - the little town of Riddle. He represents Dylan in our times.

Arthur Rimbaud (BenWhishaw) seems to be in a court scene. Not really having a storyline of his own, he pops in and out throughout the film with small sections of script - mostly actual Dylan quotes. Named for the poet.

* CaptainErsatz / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Dylans obviously, but other characters count, too, such as Alice Fabian (Joan Baez), Coco Rivington (Edie Sedgwick), and Sara (who is a CompositeCharacter of Dylan's wives/girlfriends). Interestingly enough, the one celebrity who ''isn't'' disguised in some way is Allen Ginsberg, [[WTHCasting played by David Cross]].

* CloudCuckooLander: Jude Quinn, big time. Deconstructed, of course, as he is in fact a very erudite and intelligent person, but his drugs and alcohol abuse, and his mainly jerkass attitute, has left him as a really fried mad artist. This is true for the 60s Dylan, as he was constantly using drugs and going to clubs, and meeting people like Edie (Andy Warhol's diva), and Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.

* InTheStyleOf: The Jude Quinn segment is directed in the style of [[FedericoFellini Fellini's]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlenzlwumi9 8 1/2]]

* TitledAfterTheSong: A song that had never been released on a true album until this movie, previously existing only in bootleg form.
* UnreliableNarrator: Woody particularly, but practically the whole movie counts as one.

''I'm Not There'' is a 2007 biopic based on the life of BobDylan. Directed by Todd Haynes, the film uses 5 different actors (and [[CateBlanchett one actress]]) to portray him; all playing Dylan at different roles in his life.