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The Restless Ambition of ‘A Complete Unknown’

The new biopic gets what Bob Dylan’s folk-to-electric turn was really about.
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Timothée Chalamet in 'A Complete Unknown.' (Photo: Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures)

We ask a lot of our artists. They should be creatively free and spurned when they “sell out.” They should be authentic, but not when the authenticity curdles into self-indulgence. They should never repeat themselves but also never change, do exactly what we expect but also surprise us, and create timeless art that’s also current and relevant.

Michael Warren is a politics editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.

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