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Music on Celluloid at the 2008 Seattle Film Festival

Patti Smith: Dream of Life is more of an impressionistic memoir than a straightforward documentary. Footage from Smith’s remarkable career is unearthed (one wishes for more), intercut with riveting performance footage (featuring plenty of biting political commentary), and scenes of Smith visiting with family and friends (at her parents’ home, getting a guitar lesson from playwright Sam Shepard), and rummaging through her possessions. Smith’s life is her art is her life. Read the original story