Midway through the new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, Dylan has an angry confrontation with his girlfriend, Sylvia Russo, about why he never makes any reference to his past. “People make up their past, Sylvie!” he roars. “They remember what they want. They forget the rest.”

PLOT In the early 1960s, a young Bob Dylan forges his identity. CAST Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro RATED R (adult themes) LENGTH 2:21 WHERE Area theaters on Dec. 25 BOTTOM LINE A deep-reaching drama about the formative years of a 20th-century icon.

The movie's title is pulled from Dylan’s lyrics for “Like a Rolling Stone” and it's adapted from Elijah Wald’s book “Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties.” Dylan isn't a producer but did consult on the script.