"Dont Look Back" should be required viewing for any semi-serious fan of Bob Dylan. Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker caught Dylan and his entourage during the singer's 1965 British tour — a moment emblematic of the 1960s' confident proclamation.

"Dont Look Back" is very worth seeing — both for its entertainment value and its historic record. Forty years ago, we really "dug" Dylan's defiance and rejection of authority. Now that Dylan is quite a bit older than the "old fogies" he scolds in the film, his words sound stubbornly naive. That doesn't mean those words aren't worth hearing. They crystallize the era's spirit — which you are free to interpret as "liberating" or "whining."

Pennebaker captured great scenes with Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan, Marianne Faithful, John Mayall and a bunch of other youngsters (can you believe, Mayall is now 78? Dig that). If you think you might have seen "Dont Look Back" but can't remember, yes, it is the one that opens with Dylan flipping through flash cards with lyrics to "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

The film is showing at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Parkway Theater at 48th and Chicago in south Minneapolis. Tickets are $12 and there is free food from Pepitos.