Directed by steven sebring and starring patti smith, lenny kaye, oliver ray and tony shanahan. Aug 06, 2008 watch the movie trailer for patti smith. The film follows patti smith s punkicon roots in the 70s through the trials of daily life. Patti smith dream of life steven sebrings documentary film about the godmother of punk, artist, poet, political activist, widow, and mother patti smith, is an artfully rendered collage of her life.
Dream of life died for somebodys sins, but not mine. Dream of life was created over 11 years by steven sebring, who. To paraphrase an epiphanal smith cover, patti smith. This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self. An intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer patti smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself. Dream of life 2008 starring patti smith and lenny kaye on dvd and bluray. Dream of life is an intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer patti smith that. Dream of life is riveting at is finest moments and a little too scattered and heavy. In 1988 she burst back on the music scene with a powerful, full of love and introspection dream of life. Godmother of punk, celebrator of life the new york times. Dream of life is a 2008 documentary film about patti smith directed by steven sebring. Dream of life trailer 2008 dream of life is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker patti smith.
Dream of life 2008 steven sebring on allmovie firsttime filmmaker steven sebring committed a. Patti smith reveals the story behind her most successful song and performs live with david remnick duration. Dream of life 2008 an intimate portrait of the musician and singer. The movie won the excellence in cinematography award. The time sequences are hazy, her children appear and reappear at dramatically different ages, and this only adds to the visionary quality of the film. Where smith s main associate earlier had been lenny kaye, a deliberately simple guitarist, here her cowriter and coproducer with jimmy iovine was her husband, fred sonic smith, formerly of the mc5, who played guitar with a conventional rock competence.
Dream of life patti talks about getting her guitar tuned by bob dylan scene or clip. This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores more tv premiere dates. The film follows patti smith s punkicon roots in the 70s through the trials of daily life and untimely deaths that have formed her life and art. But when director steven sebring came into my life, i had hit a very low pointmy husband had died, my brother had diedand having him believe in me was actually helpful. This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self expression. Known as the godmother of punk, patti smith emerged in the 1970s, galvanizing the music scene with her unique style of poetic rage, music. It is wonderful to finally have a film showcasing smith, but it is so random, yet hermetic, that it is doubtful it would appeal to anyone but diehard smith fans. You may not learn everything you want to know in patti smith. Dream of life, an impressionistic portrait of that punk godhead, but you learn just about everything you need. Dream of life, fashion photographer steven sebrings impressionistic study of the most influential of punk poets, disarms and charms with its honesty. Guitar tabs for the album dream of life of patti smith at ultimatetabs.
Patti had retired and gone home to detroit, had children with husband sonic smith. Patti smith s music, poetry, and politics are fearless, funny, raw, and original. This was the official website for the 2008 film,patti smith. Patti smiths music, poetry, and politics are fearless, funny, raw, and original. Season 22 30s take a remarkable plunge into the life, art, memories and philosophical reflections of the legendary rocker, poet and artist. A beautiful collage of images, memories and performances illuminate the complexities, and captures the essence, of this distinctive, legendary icon. Beyonce documentary premiere life is but a dream hbo. Patti smith timeline featuring albums and other highlights. Dream of life is a freefloating ramble through the life of one of americas premiere poets.
She may not be the only middleclass jersey girl to have made the leap to new york city in pursuit of artistic dreams, but she may be the only one to have emerged. Not rated 1h 49min documentary, music 2 april 2008 france. Oct 12, 2012 patti smith cemented herself as the godmother of punk with her 1975 album horses, but shed become a fixture in the new york city art and music scene far before then, living at the chelsea hotel with photographer robert mapplethorpe and hanging out regularly at maxs kansas city and cbgb. Where smith s main associate earlier had been lenny kaye, a deliberately simple guitarist, here her cowriter and coproducer with jimmy iovine was her husband, fred sonic smith. Dream of life, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2008. Dream of life 2008 is a documentary, music movie starring patti smith and jay dee daugherty. Dream of life hd hollywood movie wallpapers get to see exclusive latest patti smith. Lead single people have the power received some albumoriented rock airplay at the time, and later was revived by bruce springsteen as a theme song for the 2004 vote for change concerts. As long as i can remember i sought to be freebob dylan once tuned this guitar for me. Dream of life paints an enduring and sometimes rough. Dream of life paints an enduring and sometimes rough portrait of the titular chanteuse, complete with footage. Similarly, steven sebrings documentary patti smith. Sebring has captured the essence of smith but nothing else.
Feb 26, 2015 patti smith reveals the story behind her most successful song and performs live with david remnick duration. Dream of life is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker patti smith. Patti smith who narrates the film, wrestles with lifes many paradoxes. At her worst, patti smith can be obscure, ponderous, and sanctimonious. It was her first album after the dissolution of the patti smith group.
Telly addict andrew collins casts his critical eye over new worlds above, klondike, the trip to italy, endeavour and monkey planet. Dream of life, winner of a 2008 sundance film festival award for excellence in cinematography, is a riveting, intimate telling of smiths long, strange trip. Its not a rock n roll film, its not a concert film, its a humanistic film, patti smith told reporters on saturday after the mostly black and white documentary 12 years in the making was screened at the berlin film festival. Dream of life is the fifth studio album by patti smith, released in june 1988 on arista records. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. This is the farthest one could imagine from the standard rock bio that one might see on vh1. France with a tattered copy of a season in hell and strolled through jerusalem. Made over a ten year period, patti smith dream of life is not a film recommended for newcomers to the work of the artist, activist, poet and accidental rocker. With patti smith, lenny kaye, oliver ray, tony shanahan. Kevin smith s sundance 2011 diatribe part 1 of 2 nsfw metatubero 20110126t00.
Dream of life movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The punk pioneer actually performed at her press conference playing my blakean year with her acoustic guitar, which drew a standing ovation. Find movie and film cast and crew information for patti smith. It still moves me, some of her and freds very best writing. This will not play on most dvd players sold in the u. The big difference between patti smith s four 1970s albums and this return to action after nine years lies in the choice of collaborator. Aug 05, 2008 if patti smiths narration to dream of life was simplified into a stanza, it might go something like this. At her best, patti smith crafted some of punks finest songs. Documentary at the 2008 sundance film festival and aired on the pbs series p. Patricia lee smith born december 30, 1946 is an american singersongwriter, poet, and visual artist who became an influential component of. Dream of life patti says we have the responsibility to use our voice clip starring patti smith, lenny kaye, oliver ray, tony shan. A plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker patti smith legendary singer, artist and poet. Dream of life app for the ipad was published in may 2011. Aug 06, 2008 video archive for the film patti smith.
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