What relation do the characters in the Bob Dylan movie, I'm Not There have to Bob Dylan himself?

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Basically it is like six people playing Bob Dylan, but if you look at IMBD/credits it mentions six people that are not Bob Dylan. The six people are Billy the Kid, Jude Quinn, Arthur Rimbaud, Jack Rollins, Woody Guthrie, and Robbie Garth. I know who some of them are, but I just wondered why those people were selected...since it is supposed to be that they are Bob Dylan, but their credited names are not "Bob Dylan." So what is the connection?

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They were his major influences...



it's a collage, rather than a literal charactor representation...