Is Bob Dylan a modern Shakespeare? A new film focusing on the musician’s early life introduces his unique songs and controversial career to another generation.
Rave reviews for portrait of a genius
Complete unknown: Actor Timothée Chalamet (above with Elle Fanning playing his girlfriend) took guitar lessons for five years to play the role of Bob Dylan — whose private life and beliefs remain largely a mystery to his millions of fans. Glossary
Harmonica - A small musical instrument also called a mouth organ.
Nobel prize - One of a set of prizes, laid out in the will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, given each year to people who "have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".
Barack Obama - The Democrat US president between 2008 and 2016.
Nasal - Relating to the nose.
Banal - Boring and unimportant.
Hoity-toity - Snobbish.
Bastion - A projecting part of a fort, or a place, person or group who strongly maintain certain principles or attitudes.
Snob - Someone who looks down on people or things they perceive as belonging to a lower social class.