Unusual meeting in Bologna between JOHN PAUL II and the singer Bob DYLAN who took part in a concert on the eve of the closing of the 23rd National Eucharistic Congress.
Interviewed by Catherine CEYLAC, Françoise HARDY narrates the famous anecdote about her meeting with Bob DYLAN during one of her concerts in Paris. A memory not really happy for her, except that she could listen to the songs "I want you" and "Just like a woman" before their release.
Interviewed by Denise GLASER, Hugues AUFFRAY explains that Bob DYLAN, inspired by Woody Guthrie, became the poet of the renaissance of the folk music and became a fashionable singer speaking about hunger, war, and racial problems.
Interviewed by Antoine DE CAUNES, Bob DYLAN explains that his writing was influenced by French poets such as Rimbaud and Apollinaire, as well as by the surrealists and the Beat Generation.
François BON, author of a biography of Bob DYLAN, explains the reception of the songs of the American singer in France and its importance in the history of rock, during the period of the cold war.
Hugues AUFRAY met Bob DYLAN in 1961. He is the author of the song "Blowin' in the Wind" but is not yet known. He only became a star a few years later when he recorded "Like a Rolling Stone". In 1961, the French singer decided to make him known and to share his passion for this American singer with the French public.
Bob DYLAN, interviewed by Antoine de CAUNES, about genius, is interested in writing. Although he was tried to believe that he was a genius, he was never fooled; He doesn’t consider himself a genius. He evokes the way he writes that can be painful and answers the question of the passion of the French for his lyrics by highlighting his taste for the French authors Apollinaire or Rimbaud.