No Direction Home . . Bob truly does not look back." However, work on the first installment of Dylan's autobiography, "Chronicles, Vol. 1", did overlap production of the project, though it is unclear how much, if any, influence "Chronicles" may have had on "No Direction Home". Though raw material was being gathered for the project, Rosen needed someone to edit and shape it into a quality motion picture, and celebrated filmmaker Martin Scorsese was approached to direct the documentary planned from the project. Scorsese eventually agreed and came aboard in 2001. In the meantime, Dylan's offices gathered hundreds of hours of historical film
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan marked the beginning of a romantic relationship between Baez and Dylan, the start of what Dylan biographer Sounes termed "one of the most celebrated love affairs of the decade". "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" was released at the end of May. According to Scaduto, it was an immediate success, selling 10,000 copies a month and bringing Dylan an income of about $2,500 a month. An article by Nat Hentoff on folk music appeared in the June issue of "Playboy" magazine and devoted considerable space to Dylan's achievements, calling him "the most vital of the younger citybillies". In July, Dylan appeared at