'I'm Not There' Photos: Heath Ledger and Richard Gere as Bob Dylan

As you may have noticed, Rock Daily is following the progress of Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There pretty closely. Last summer our collective minds were blown by eerily spot-on photos of Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan. We visited the film's Montreal set, then checked out the first clip to leak from the film, which features Blanchett's Dylan conversing with Allen Ginsberg, played by David Cross. Most recently, we were treated to a special screening of I'm Not There, where we learned about performances by My Morning Jacket's Jim James and Sonic Youth. And now we've stumbled upon two more photos from the set, of Heath Ledger and Richard Gere in character as Dylan.

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“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

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