Fans will finally see Paul Simon delve into his songwriting legacy and the highlights of his nearly seven-decade music career when the biopic In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon streaming hits next month.
“People used to say, 'Oh, you've got your finger on the pulse,'” Simon says in voiceover in the 90-second trailer for the “definitive” music doc chronicling the 82-year-old singer's legendary career. the film premiered at last year's Toronto International Film festival and will bow as a two-part series on MGM+ on March 17th and 24th. the pulse races down,” says Simon.
As well as taking viewers behind the scenes of the making of Simon's 2023 album Seven Psalmsdirector Alex Gibney promises to include never-before-seen footage from across Simon's storied career, from his days in Simon & Garfunkel to the global success of his landmark 1986 global music album Graceland.
The opening montage says it all, bouncing from footage of a fresh Simon at the start of his career in the mid-1950s, to the historic 1981 Concert in Central Park free performance with former collaborator Art Garfunkel for 500,000 and the sessions for meditative Psalms song cycle.
“I never wanted to be anything other than a singer-songwriter,” says Simon, writer of such indelible hits as “Homeward Bound,” “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson', 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard', 'Loves Me Like a Rock' and the South African-inspired Gracelandwhich won the 1987 Grammy for album of the Year.
His partnership with Garfunkel – which began when they were teenagers performing as Tom & Jerry – produced dozens of hits and classic albums during the 1960s until their acrimonious split in 1970. The pair reunited several times over the next three decades for single concerts and a 1993 world tour, although they would never again record a full album together.
“Artie, that was a good friendship,” he says fondly of Garfunkel in the trailer. “We thought we should express what our generation felt.”
Watch the trailer for In Restless Dreams below.
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