Patti Smith
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David Lynch and Patti Smith Talk Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and More on the BBC
David Lynch can be a tough interview — check out my attempt back in 2001. Patti Smith does a bit better in this joint interview on the BBC2 Newnight’s Encounters series. They both discuss their memories first hearing the song “Blue Velvet,” and Smith’s reflexive lyricism brings out something allied in Lynch. Check it out.
by Scott Macaulay on Nov 21, 2014 -
Sleepless Nights Stories — A Hammer to Nail Review
(Sleepless Nights Stories opens theatrically at the Anthology Film Archives on Thursday, December 15, 2011. Visit their website to learn more.) December can be perverse, especially in New York. Underneath the jingling bells, cinnamon, and pine, the promises and obligations to keep, there’s a pervasive anxiety about the dying light. Time flattens the remaining days like a steamroller as we frantically categorize our memories into lists of ten and wrap it all up in colored paper and ribbons. This can create a hectic, merry numbness that doesn’t subside until January’s hangover, when the cold is undeniable. Perhaps the timing is […]
by Susanna Locascio on Dec 15, 2011 -
Steven Sebring, Patti Smith: Dream Of Life
PATTI SMITH IN DIRECTOR STEVEN SEBRING’S PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE. COURTESY PALM PICTURES. Since he first picked up a camera, Steven Sebring has been defying expectations and blurring genre boundaries. A South Dakota native who grew up in Arizona, Sebring taught himself photography during his teens and then honed his style during several years spent in Europe. Following his return to the States, the mix of glamor and grit he brought to his images made him an in-demand fashion photographer, and also distinguished himself as an inventive celebrity portraitist. His background in fashion and an interest in cinema led […]
by Nick Dawson on Aug 6, 2008 -
“PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE” writer-director, Steven Sebring
After spending a quarter of my life filming Patti Smith: Dream of Life, I can’t imagine what I would need 10 percent more of! [PREMIERE SCREENING: Sunday, Jan. 20, 6:15 pm — Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City]
by Jason Guerrasio on Jan 16, 2008 -
ANTHOLOGY HITS 35
New York’s Anthology Film Archives has a fantastic program this weekend to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Three New York luminaries will present three nights of classic arthouse cinema. On Friday director Peter Bogdanovich will introduce a screening of Jean Renoir’s Rules of the Game and Buster Keaton’s Neighbors. On Saturday, poet and rock star Patti Smith will introduce Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar preceded by Kenneth Anger’s Rabbit’s Moon. And on Sunday producer Christine Vachon will screen Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie’s Pull My Daisy as well as Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures. Thanks to Altoids, the screenings are free. Click […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 6, 2005
