Patti Smith Movies

  • 2009
    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

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    An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in...

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
  • 1998
    John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music

    John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music

    John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music

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    Follows John Cale, a Welsh musician and producer, who founded the legendary 60s and 70s NY rock band - the Velvet Underground, with Lou Reed. Cale...

    John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
  • 1970
    The Song of Hiawatha

    The Song of Hiawatha

    The Song of Hiawatha

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    The Song of Hiawatha: A Trip in the American Counterculture is a feature-length documentary film about Hiawatha Bailey, a gay Native-American and...

    The Song of Hiawatha
  • 2003
    Brian Wilson: On Tour

    Brian Wilson: On Tour

    Brian Wilson: On Tour

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    Legendary former Beach Boy, Brian Wilson toured America and Japan with a 10 piece band. Here he is captured performing 24 live tracks, and one that...

    Brian Wilson: On Tour
  • 2019
    WBCN and the American Revolution

    WBCN and the American Revolution

    WBCN and the American Revolution

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    The amazing untold story of the radical underground radio station WBCN-FM set against the profound social, political and cultural changes of the...

    WBCN and the American Revolution
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 2016
    I Am La Scala

    I Am La Scala

    I Am La Scala

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    The 200-year-old story of Milan’s illustrious opera house, La Scala, home to the great tenor Placido Domingo, conductor Arturo Toscanini and...

    I Am La Scala
  • 2008
    One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

    One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

    One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

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    "One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur" examines Jack Kerouac's escape from post "On The Road" fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a...

    One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
  • 2014
    Station to Station

    Station to Station

    Station to Station

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    Sending a burning arrow into the stunting effects that the compartmentalization of culture has on how creativity manifests, visual artist Doug Aitken...

    Station to Station
  • 2020
    Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

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    "Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New...

    Wim Wenders, Desperado
  • 2007
    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

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    Crump directed the feature-length documentary film Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in North...

    Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
  • 2019
    Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

    Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

    Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

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    Born in 1941, Eric Burdon was – along with his band The Animals – one of the most important standard-bearers of the British Invasion of...

    Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
  • 2018
    Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band

    Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band

    Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band

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    "Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band" is a concert-documentary film directed by Steven Sebring, released in 2018, which premiered at the Tribeca Film...

    Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
  • 1971
    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

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    Robert Mapplethorpe gets his nipple pierced while his boyfriend lends his support in person. Patti Smith lends her support via voice over as she...

    Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
  • 1997
    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

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    This is a video record of the Buddhist Wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg's apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, in his bed; some of his close...

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
  • 2007
    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

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    New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a...

    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
  • 2007
    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

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    Documentary about rock pioneer Roky Erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty...

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
  • 2006
    The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave

    The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave

    The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave

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    This 2-DVD set captures explosive live performances and revealing interviews on DVD for the first time ever from the forefathers of the punk and new...

    The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave
  • 2012
    Museum Hours

    Museum Hours

    Museum Hours

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    A security guard working at an art museum in Vienna crosses paths with a Canadian woman in town to visit her ailing cousin.

    Museum Hours
  • 1975
    Night Lunch

    Night Lunch

    Night Lunch

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    This is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known endeavor The Blank Generation (1976) came to be....

    Night Lunch