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
Isis (song) was included in the 1978 film "Renaldo and Clara", and released in 2002 on a bonus DVD accompanying the initial release of "". The audio recording of this performance was also released on the compilation album "Biograph" in 1985. Dylan is heard introducing the piece as "a song about marriage," and adds "This one's for Leonard, if you're still here!" referring to Leonard Cohen (the "Biograph" version was recorded in Montreal, Cohen's birthplace). Another live version of the song, recorded on a tour date the previous month, appears on "". Isis (song) "Isis" is a ballad written by Bob Dylan