I'm Not There. (2007): The Story Of Jack Rollins

The clip The Story Of Jack Rollins from I'm Not There. (2007)

Greenwich Village,
once the in spot for beatnik jazz and bebop,
is today home to the popular folk music fad,
a do-it-yourself musical expression
that's attracted youngsters from all across the nation.
For them, these homespun songs of the working man
express a truth and candor
sorely lacking in today's growing consumer society.
Why do you prefer folk music to other types of music?
Because it's honest.
Commercial songs, pop music can't be honest.
It's controlled and censored by the people who run society
and make the rules.
Yet, among the many new
and talented artists to emerge,
one name stands alone as the heart and soul
of this growing musical trend.
A young individual who both writes and performs
some of his era's finest tunes,
and hailed by the New York Times
as folk music's Troubadour of Conscience.
His name is Jack Rollins.
Jack Rollins,
folk sensation of the early '60s,
was the promise of a new generation.
So what was it that made him run
at the height of his career and throw it all away,
trading in the limelight for a different kind of light altogether?
He saw what was going on in the world,
and he had the ability to distill it into a song.
He could do a funny thing.
He could do a pathos thing. He was sensational.
For the times, they are a-changin'
Now, this young man has taken to the hearts of young people
who seem to somehow identify with, uh...
Jack, why do you think that is?
Well, I don't know.
I... I guess...
I got a lot of thoughts inside of me,
and most people, they...
they... keep them all inside.
And I guess it's for them that I do what I do.

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