Liz Thomson is the author of Joan Baez: The Last Leaf and the revising editor of Robert Shelton’s biography Bob Dylan: No Direction Home. She is the founder of The Village Trip, an annual ...

Bob Dylan is the very definition of a living legend, and for over 60 years, he’s been known not just for his poetic lyrics and distinctive vocals, but also for his eternally enigmatic presence.

On the following page, Joan joins Bob by the guitar. Mangold had known from the get-go that he wanted this sequence to end with Dylan and Baez singing together. “It’s like a lovemaking scene ...