Paul Simon Gets Back in the Studio and Addresses 'Good Friendship' with Former Partner Art Garfunkel in Docu Trailer

The two-part docuseries 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon' is set to premiere on MGM+ on March 17, with the second part coming March 24

A documentary is coming soon about one of the greatest songwriters in history.

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon is an all-new, two-part docuseries about the legendary folk artist, 82, that’s set to premiere on MGM+ on March 17, with the second half arriving on March 24. In anticipation of the forthcoming release, the trailer dropped on Wednesday.

Based on the trailer, the project helmed by Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney appears to be a candid look at Simon’s career, spanning over six decades and his journey to create his most recent album, Seven Psalms.

The teaser features both archival footage of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer on stage and rehearsing, as well as contemporary shots that illustrate his fervor to get back in the studio today.

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“People used to say, ‘Oh, you have your finger on the pulse.’ Now I don’t have my finger on the pulse. I just have my finger out and the pulse is running under,” the Grammy winner says at one point, reflecting on his long-running career.

It appears as though the documentary will explore his friendship with Art Garfunkel, their time in Simon & Garfunkel and how their legendary songwriting partnership eventually dissolved and became contentious. As old footage of the two plays, the Graceland artist’s voiceover says, “Artie, that was a good friendship. We thought we should express what our generation felt.”

Although the two disbanded after the release of 1970’s Bridge over Troubled Water, which has been hailed as one of the best albums of all time, Simon also seems to address why he continued to make music and pursue a solo career after Simon & Garfunkel was through.

“What I’ve learned is that when you find a thing that produces a feeling of peace or joy, try to hold onto it. It’s like bliss. That’s music for me,” he says in the trailer.

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The docuseries captures how that enthusiasm continues to the present day, as the musician describes how the idea for 2023’s Seven Psalms came to him in a dream.

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon is directed by Gibney, 70, who has helmed acclaimed, award-winning documentaries like The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, among others. He’s also previously covered musicians, such as James Brown (Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown) and Frank Sinatra (Sinatra: All or Nothing at All).

Gibney’s portrait of Ol' Blue Eyes is ultimately what led him to making a film about Simon, which he explained to Deadline following the premiere of In Restless Dreams at Toronto Film Festival last year.

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“[Paul] had reached out to me, he had seen the Sinatra film and wondered if I might be interested in doing a film about his overall career. And of course, I was interested in that,” the filmmaker shared.

“But the gift was when he called me up and said, ‘I’m making this new album. Would you like to come watch me make it?’ And that was a gift because it was him in the present working on something,” he continued. “I could see him working on it. And also because it’s a meditation on belief and life and death, it seemed appropriate to move back and forth in time to earlier moments in his career.”

The “Mrs. Robinson” singer released his 15th solo studio album in May of last year. While he released In the Blue Light, an album featuring re-recordings of some of his deep cut tracks, in 2018, Seven Psalms marked his first record of new material since 2016’s Stranger to Stranger.

Upon the project’s release, Simon revealed that he lost most of his hearing out of his left ear during the recording process.

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