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The film follows a high fashion photographer as he journeys to the titular city, chatting with Death (um, played by Dennis Hopper) while Milla Jovovich (playing herself) and Lou Reed drop by for cameo appearances (the picture’s possible minor saving grace is that is also stars (the rather attractive) Giovanna Mezzogiorno, the excellent lead of the strong Cannes 2009 offering, “Vincere”).

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We weren’t there unfortuntately. We were in Mexico on vacation (if you haven’t heard already for the 4th millionth time). And sadly one of our own lost someone that night and couldn’t post a review [ed. more than understandable, our deepest condolences]. But we’ve cobbled together some of what we heard of the various folked that covered Bob Dylan tracks (some of the reports are actually subpar and some complained about audio problems, who knows we can’t say since we weren’ there, but this one says, ‘meh‘.

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Love “Alone Again Or”

Calexico “Alone Again Or” (live)

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The additional tracks are Calexico’s version of the instrumental “Main Title Theme (Billy)” from Dylan’s soundtrack to “Pat Garett & Billy The Kid,” the version of which can be heard in the movie, and which is actually a different song from the track Los Lobos covered (simply titled “Billy,” their’s is a mexi-melt version of the song with lyrics).

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Sony is streaming three tracks from the 2-disc album that is due October 30 including Sufjan Stevens’ take on “Ring Them Bells,” Cat Power’s cover “Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again” and Jim James of My Morning Jacket with Calexico’s rendition of “Goin’ To Acapulco.”

In case you’re curious, here’s the final 2-disc tracklist that we already reported (and confirmed via the discs we got).

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Well, there’s another one and it’s better – at least better if you’re an indie-rocker and better if you want to hear some people that were intrinsic to the “I’m Not There” 2-disc soundtrack set we’ve gone on and on about.

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Well, as we mentioned in our first preview, despite all the noise about the much-talked about covers, the movie leans much more heavily on original Bob Dylan tunes rather than interpolations.

Dylan renditions are generally used for the actors to lipsynch along with for their performance scenes (those examples are in the above link), though you do hear traces of instrumental parts that are clearly covers throughout the film (Yo La Tengo in particular).

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Joe Henry, the singer-songwriter who’s generally (and condescendingly) noted as being Madonna’s brother-in-law produced a bunch of sessions for the album including “I’m Not There” Dylan actor Marcus Carl Franklin’s rendition of “When The Ship Comes In” (from The Times They Are A-Changin’) Richie Havens’ take on “Tombstone Blues” (from Highway 61 Revisited), Ramblin’ Jack Elliot’s “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” cover, Bob Forrest’s “Moonshiner” (The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3) and the pair of tracks recorded by ex X singer-guitarist John Doe.

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