What Was It You Wanted?

 

Jean Bethke Elshtain, in Books and Culture, contemplates Todd Haynes’ film about Bob Dylan — I’m Not There — and Andrew Dominick’s film about a different, but similarly enigmatic, hero — The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. And she contemplates the resilient ghosts of both Dylan and James, digging deep into the questions we confront as we pursue both elusive figures.