SBIFF Day 8 | A Completely Known
From Chalamet and Brolin's Bro-Fest to the Quieter Moments of Powerful Small Films
Timothée Chalamet at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on February 11, 2025 | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom
Never mind the haters and the purists, one of the great facsimile performances of an actor playing a real character was Timothée Chalamet’s masterful turn as a young Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
As Unknown director James Mangold said in his presentation of the “Artist of the Year” award to a bright green-shirted Chalamet at the Arlington last night, “acting is not lying. It’s telling the truth. It’s a misconception. Timothée is a truth-teller.”
Via Chalamet’s frequent references to Dylan during the evening — with his pal (and Dune costar) Josh Brolin in the bro-style interviewer seat — made it clear that the young actor still has Dylan very much on the brain. What may be less clear is how much he knows about Timothée Chalamet the person, given the starry blur of impressive acting roles and meteorically rising celebrity the 29-year-old has achieved in the past decade.
