A punk pioneer and spiritual child of Rimbaud, Blake, and Burroughs, Patti Smith’s fierce poetry and rock music shook up New York’s 1970s underground scene, and her work continues to be stirred by her rigorous mind, beloved artistic touchstones, and world events. “Dream of Life” is a breathing collage of this legendary musician/poet/painter/activist’s philosophy and artistry that feels as if it sprang directly from her soul. Shot over 11 years, “Dream of Life” travels Smith’s mystical interior terrain as much as tracing her outward adventures. The fluid journey incorporates performances, graveyard pilgrimages and political rallies, archival nuggets, and moments with her working-class parents, children, and friends. From raw, intimate sessions in her apartment to formidable incantations delivered to roaring crowds, Smith’s expression is unmediated by pretence or artifice. She doesn’t reject death or construct polarities of good and bad. Instead, she embraces darkness and melancholy in a way that’s liberating. As she manifests the transcendent in life, “Dream of Life” reaches for the ineffable in Patti Smith.
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Producer: Steven Sebring, Margaret Smilow & Scott Vogel | Director: Steven Sebring | Cast : Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray, Tony Shanahan, e.a.
Colour & Black and White – 109’ – Digibeta – no subt (Eng)
