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I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

Steven Sebring

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Steven Sebring
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
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We just grew to trust each other [with Patti Smith] more and more over the years. Most of the time I didn't even have a movie camera.
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[Some] times I'd have sound but no image. When Patti [Smith] was singing with her guitar, or doing something amazing with her clarinet, I'd just mess around and record the sound. So we'd use those sounds as another layer in the film [Dream of Life].
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She let me in during her tour, in London. Her band members - especially Lenny Kaye - were shocked at the fact that I was filming Patti [Smith].
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I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie.
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[Through the making of Dream of Life] I learned about being patient, perseverance, having a dream, a goal. I learned that I can accomplish something despite not knowing anything about it when I begin.
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I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.
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We had a hodgepodge of footage. We didn't film [in Dream of Life ]all the time - we would just film periodically, so nothing was synced and nothing was slated.
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I do remember, the first time we met [with Patti Smith], the door opening with a squeak. And then there was this very beautiful girl looking out.
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Sometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.
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When I started photographing Patti [Smith], I knew that there wasn't a whole a lot of information out there about her. I was periodically interested in films, and so I just kept asking her if I could come around.
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I remember when we were at Sundance, we were in Robert Redford's screening room, and I had never seen the film look so beautiful or sound so great. It was really big and really powerful, and I had a sense of accomplishment in finishing a project like this.
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I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.
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Hopefully I can inspire lots of people to learn about [Patti Smith], to read poetry or learn about William Blake or Arthur Rimbaud.
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Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.
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