Renaldo and Clara Renaldo and Clara Renaldo and Clara is a 1978 American film directed by Bob Dylan and starring Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, and Joan Baez. Written by Dylan and Sam Shepard, the film incorporates three distinct film genres: concert footage, documentary interviews, and dramatic fictional vignettes reflective of Dylan's song lyrics and life. Filmed in the fall of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour, the film features appearances and performances by Ronee Blakley, T-Bone Burnett, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Hawkins, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, Arlen Roth, Sam Shepard, and Harry
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan were on the cusp of global success. John Lennon recalled: "In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record ("The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan") from a French DJ. For three weeks in Paris we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan." The album was re-issued in 2010 as part of "The Original Mono Recordings", a Columbia Legacy box set that included the monaural versions of Dylan's first eight albums. The album cover features a photograph of Dylan with Suze Rotolo. It was taken in February 1963—a few weeks after