20 hours with Patti Smith
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 20 hours with Patti Smith |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language |
English (with German subtitles) |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudi Dolezal |
| camera | Norbert Arnsteiner Klaus Hundsbichler |
| cut | Peter Säman |
20 hours with Patti Smith is a documentary film about the short stay of the punk singer Patti Smith in Vienna on September 15, 1978, which was first broadcast on December 10, 1978 in the television series " Ohne Maulkorb ".
content
The film begins with the arrival of Patti Smith at Vienna International Airport . From there it goes in the back seat of a Mercedes in the broadcasting center , where the director Rudi Dolezal is seen as a person directly in the image. After that Patti Smith is featured in a radio studio, where they interview a guest of Wolfgang Kos in the former Ö3 telecast music box is. She is also seen buying a clarinet. The core of the film, however, is an approximately 20-minute sequence that shows her appearance in the basement of the Vienna Konzerthaus . After that she recorded lyrics by Jim Morrison in the neighboring recording studio until the early hours of the morning .
backgrounds
The stay in Vienna was just a “detour” on the concert tour of the Patti Smith Group, which was at the height of its success with “ Because the Night ”. Patti Smith claimed in the film that, when planning the European tour, she insisted on appointments in Limerick , Bremen and Vienna when planning the European tour , because this was a particularly " female " and " multi-orgasmic " city. In the light of the Viennese street lamps she recognized characters from the films by Pasolini and Godard .
20 hours with Patti Smith was produced in the 16mm format that was customary at the time, exclusively for use on television for the then very innovative and experimental series “ Without a Muzzle ”. At the Viennale 2005, the film was shown on a big screen for the first time in the special program “ ORF 3 ”, which was curated in cooperation with the ORF archive on the occasion of the “ 50 Years of Television in Austria ” anniversary .
Quotes
“So I like the statue of Mozart. I thought he had a nice ... instrument of love "-" You can say everything on our TV "-" Well I thought Mozart seem to have a nice cock. "
"I've been waiting for two years to come back to this town. What is it about this town? Why so many genius came out of this town? Why in certain parts of the world? Is there an atmosphere that produces genius? ""
Individual evidence
- ↑ Without the muzzle special (9.50 p.m., FS 2): 20 hours with pop star Patti Smith . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1978, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).