The scene where Donovan visits Dylan in his hotel was generally viewed as Dylan putting the young singer-songwriter in his place when he grabs the guitar and performs "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." But a 2015 Criterion Collection remaster, with improved sound, revealed that Donovan actually requested Dylan play that song for him. That gave the entire scene a new meaning and revealed Dylan and Donovan as more friends than rivals.
Although rightly lauded as a classic, one person who was NOT a fan of this film was Bob Dylan himself, who told Rolling Stone magazine in 1969: "You know this movie, Dont Look Back? Well, that splashed my face all over the world, [yet] I didn't get a penny from that movie, you know." [This was because the film was set up by his manager and Pennebaker as joint producers, leaving Bob out of the financial mix]. When Rolling Stone asked Dylan "Did you like Dont Look Back?" he laughingly replied, "I'd like it a lot more if I got paid for it!" [PM]
Contrary to popular belief, the title is not a reference to the lyric "She's an artist, she don't look back" from the song "She Belongs to Me". Pennebaker stated that he hoped Dylan knew he wouldn't do that.
At 1:04:37, as Dylan is trying to escape a scrum of young fans, a voice calls out, "Get in a taxi, Pete, come on!" The camera follows the young men to the taxi where at 1:04:42, one can briefly see the young Pete Townshend.