“You could structure a screenplay along the lines of what Peter Shaffer did with “Amadeus,’” Mangold told the Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz. “I don’t really know what I learned about Mozart watching “Amadeus.” But I do know that I learned a lot about how we mortals feel about people with immense talent.”

Bob Dylan's The Very Best Of compilation is soaring on the charts after the success of A Complete Unknown, and it even gives the rocker a new top 10 hit.