I WAS a big Nirvana fan, and Kurt Cobain’s tragic death was a huge shock to me.
AJ Schnack’s “Kurt Cobain: About A Son” is a documentary that eschews soundbites and instead gives a quiet, intimate look at the man behind the music. Listen to the story of Kurt’s life in his own voice, in these interviews conducted by Michael Azerrad for his 1993 book “Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana.”
Interestingly enough, the documentary supposedly doesn’t feature any song performed by Nirvana. Instead, the soundtrack includes the music of different bands that influenced Kurt, such as Queen, Black Sabbath, David Bowie and Mudhoney. The film’s original score is composed by Steve Fisk and Death Cab for Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard.
Here’s the official trailer on MySpaceTV.
Official Kurt Cobain About a Son Trailer
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Here’s the clip “Aberdeen” where Kurt talks about his childhood.
Aberdeen
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And here he is talking about the best part of being in a band.
Being in a Band
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This documentary debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and will have a limited theater run starting October 3.
October 9th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Hi Everybody,
will this one be a thing in the Philippines?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJ1eqIZZ0I
comment to my youtube account will be appreciated.
thanks
joe
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September 24th, 2007 at 11:37 am
saw this movie at a film fest in Philadelphia and it was incredible, gave new insights on Kurt. It’s beautiful to look at too. definitely have to see it again.
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