Patti Smith’s Bread of Angels explores her life, her connection to Jim Morrison, and how Arthur Rimbaud shaped the rise of poetic rock music.
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Mark Polizzotti translated The Drunken Boat from the original French prose by Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud plays a significant role in rebel literature and music.
“Conditioned to ecstasy, the poet is like a gorgeous unknown bird mired in the ashes of thought. If he succeeds in freeing himself, it is…
I think, in these days, especially in the States, you have to be a politician or an assassin or something, to really be a superstar.-Jim…
Arthur Rimbaud is brought to life with drawings and pictures of his times with a new documentary. The enfant terrible is given justice as his poems are read by Joan Baez with the accompaniment of music in an attempt to present a visual of Arthur Rimbaud's life. The much-fabled poet's life is shrouded in mystery and legend. Most of it marred in tragedy and misery. His poetry transcends time as his youthful angst speaks to every generation screaming to be heard. He has seen the darkness of the soul and turned it into a visual macabre dance of words.