"A Complete Unknown," the biopic chronicling the swift pop-cultural ascent of Minnesota native Bob Dylan in the early 1960s, has been nominated for eight Academy Awards.

The beauty of the movie, and of Timothée Chalamet's performance, is it captures how the secret of Dylan's music was never about what it "means."

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(WNDU) - “A Complete Unknown” joins the ranks of the recent trend in biopics of famous musicians. This time telling the story of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s (played by Timothée Chalamet) journey from an unknown folk singer into an electrical sound artist ahead of his time in a span of five years.

Fade in on the bohemian straggler with a cigarette in one hand and a guitar case in the other. Although born Robert Zimmerman in humble Minnesota, the shy nomad reinvents himself in the city, taking on a radical and enigmatic artistic persona henceforth known as Bob Dylan.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor Timothee Chalamet and director James Mangold about their new movie A Complete Unknown.

Neil Young has given his verdict on the new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. The film, directed by Walk the Line ’s James Mangold, stars Timothée Chalamet as the Nobel Prize-winning singer-songwriter, during the period when he controversially “went electric”.

Bob Dylan's rich legacy of more than 50 albums is a counterpoint to "narcissistic" modern music focused on "me, me, me", the director of the recently released biopic about the singer told AFP.