Sara Dylan She never knew what I was talking about, what I was thinking about, and I couldn't possibly explain it." Notwithstanding these tensions, Sara accompanied Bob Dylan on much of the first stage of the Rolling Thunder Revue, from October to December 1975. The Revue formed the backdrop to the shooting of the film "Renaldo and Clara". Sara appeared in many scenes in this semi-improvised movie, playing Clara to Dylan's Renaldo. Joan Baez, a former lover of Dylan, was also a featured performer on the Revue and appeared in the film as The Woman In White. In one scene, Baez asks
Renaldo and Clara Stanton, Helena Kallianiotes, and Ronee Blakley. The style, structure, and thematic elements of "Renaldo and Clara" were heavily influenced by the French film "Les Enfants du Paradis". Similarities between the two films include the use of whiteface (Dylan), the recurring flower, the woman in white (Baez), the on-stage and backstage scenes, and the dialogue of both films' climactic scenes. Also evident is the Cubist approach of the two films, allowing us to see the main characters from the different perspectives of various lovers. Running time is also relatively similar. Many of the artists performing with the Rolling Thunder Revue are