Patti Smith
61) Film socialisme ; produced by Ruth Waldburger, Alain Sarde ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Language
Français
Description
Jean-Luc Godard presents a magisterial essay on the decline of European civilization. As a garish cruise ship travels the Mediterranean, Godard embarks on a filmic essay on the state of contemporary Europe, international politics, and Western history. In the tradition of his acclaimed political and essayistic films, Godard explores a wide range of contemporary cultural, political and historical themes with his distinctive and innovative cinematic...
Language
English
Description
Selected from the past 25 years of benefit concerts, some of the biggest names in music are included, performing rare, acoustic versions of songs never heard anywhere else to benefit the Bridge School, a non-profit, innovative organization educating children with severe speech and physical impairments through the use of augmentative and alternative communication systems and assistive technology.
Language
English
Description
The sold-out event, which was hosted by Jon Stewart, recognized Springsteen's extraordinary creative accomplishments as well as his significant charitable work and featured performances by Bruce Springteen and the E Street Band in addition to more than a dozen performances of Springsteen's work by other artists.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1062
Language
English
Description
"In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicenntenial and ongoing sociopolitical turmoil, Bob Dylan and a band of troubadours -- including luminaries such as Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell -- embarked on a now-legendary tour known as The Rolling Thunder Revue, a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carnival, part spiritual pilgrimage. Director Martin Scorsese blends...
Series
Criterion collection volume 794
Language
English
Description
Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. He is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making.