A Masked & Anonymous special

Read the original screenplay, download the original press kit and get the recently released book Riffing With Larry Charles.

Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 drama film directed by Larry Charles and written by Larry Charles and Bob Dylan (Sergei Petrov and Rene Fontaine). It stars Dylan alongside heavy-hitters John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, Val Kilmer, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Angela Bassett, Bruce Dern, Cheech Marin, Ed Harris, Chris Penn, Steven Bauer, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Paul Chan, Christian Slater, and Fred Ward.

In the Fall of 2003, I interviewed Larry Charles about the film and the conversation soon turned into a deep meditation on the unique creativity of Bob Dylan. This complete unedited interview with Larry Charles is also one of the most illuminating on Bob Dylan the artist ever published from a collaborator who worked so closely with him and was willing to go to great lengths to explain the work and his relationship with Dylan and Dylan’s creative approach. The resulting interview would not have been possible without Larry Charles' honesty and sincerity.

Featuring m…