Bob Dylan 1978-1989: Both Ends Of The Rainbow

Both Sides Of The Rainbow begins just prior to the release of Dylan's first evangelical Christian album, Slow Train Coming, which prefaced Dylan's most troublesome and confused decade — the 1980s.

The film examines Dylan's trilogy of evangelical albums — Slow Train Coming, 1980's Saved and 1981's Shot Of Love (he would later return to Judaism and has since shown support for the Hasidic movement Chabad Lubavitch) — before it moves on to the rest of the albums Dylan released in the '80s, from 1983's Infidels to 1989's Oh Mercy.

The confusion that marked Dylan's music during this time period is readily apparent, and the film does an excellent job of conveying this through interviews with critics and journalists, producers and studio men who witnessed, were present during, or analyzed Dylan's difficult 1980s.

The film would be boring if it were just a bunch of talking heads, but interviews with Dylan, clips of Dylan's music and studio footage are used throughout, which makes Both Sides Of The Rainbow a good place to start for anyone struggling to understand why some people are hesitant about new Dylan material to this day.