Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Filmmaker Steven Sebring directs this documentary about legendary musician Patti Smith, surveying her life, her career, and the philosophical and spiritual themes that have remained so potent in her work. Following her through 11 years of work and touring, the film explores Smith's artistry in ...more

First-time filmmaker Steven Sebring committed a dozen years of his life to the making of this documentary about rock-music icon Patti Smith, and the results are startling and quirky in equal measures, as well as priceless. Sebring has avoided the clichés and conventions of rock biographies, bypassing any effort at setting Smith in a historical or biographical context -- instead, he focuses on Smith in the here and now (albeit across those dozen years), her life and music a work in progress (as ...more