Timothée Chalamet, who plays Dylan in "A Complete Unknown," said he thought Fanning's experience was either a "great omen" for the film or the "exact opposite."

Elle Fanning's been a Dylan fan since she was a teen. Now, she's portraying his girlfriend in "A Complete Unknown." "I wrote 'Bob Dylan' on my hand every day in junior high," the actress tells IndieWire.

Filmmaker James Mangold spoke with Salon about the musician's not-so-oblique songwriting and the women in his life