Smells Like Teen Spirit

At the request of Patti Smith, Jem Cohen made a short film for the release of her cover version of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit. Not a music video, but a short film: The film is a domestic portrait of Patti Smith and her son, Jackson. William Blake is present in the form of a plaster cast of his death mask. Kurt Cobain has been invited as an admirer of Leadbelly. It is about picking up guitars and doing dirty dishes.