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Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
7.6
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PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE

Directed by Steven Sebring
United States, 2008
Documentary, Musical, Biography

Synopsis

Capturing both Patti Smith’s charged live performances and her informal interactions with friends and collaborators including Philip Glass, this documentary is also a touching tale of survival, detailing as it does the artist’s recovery from the unexpected deaths of her husband and her brother.

Synopsis

Capturing both Patti Smith’s charged live performances and her informal interactions with friends and collaborators including Philip Glass, this documentary is also a touching tale of survival, detailing as it does the artist’s recovery from the unexpected deaths of her husband and her brother.

Our take

This all-encompassing, award-winning documentary gives us a chance to discover the music icon Patti Smith behind closed doors. A very special portrait of a very special artist, this appropriately unconventional film was shot over 11 years and offers a vivid, often off-the-cuff insight into a legend.