TO borrow the title of a Bob Dylan song, it was a case of “one more cup of coffee” for the film director. (Or perhaps not, as you’ll see.) When James Mangold got stuck into making his biopic A

The script of “A Complete Unknown” — written in part by Mangold and based roughly on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book “Dylan Goes Electric!” — walks a careful line. Bob Dylan films have been made before, and they have generally been good.

Film director James Mangold also tells  Esther McCarthy why he focused on that crucial early period in Dylan's career