First reactions to No Direction Home

A letter from Peter to Trev Gibb about first impressions seeing the documentary

September 20, 2005

Dear Trev,

I am writing this offline so I won’t be distracted my emails or silly messages.  I just finished watch “No Direction Home.”  It is amazing.  There are so many things in it I don’t know where to begin from the Bob interview/narration to the other contributors.  In a crazy way I’m glad I was having sort of negative feelings about it for the past week because it ended up being so great I was speechless at the end.  Forget what stupid bickering may be at the forum of your choice, forget usual women suspects oohing and aahing at the aged Bob saying something, that ain’t where it’s at.

There are things of course that I have to leave for yourself to find out and I don’t know when it’s out in England, but if it’s out already get it, get it now and turn off your cell phone, tell your house-mate to leave you alone and watch it.  (Get some snacks and beverages first.)  If you can’t afford it, hold off on paying me for Starbucks, get this first.  If I really need the mo…