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Kurt Cobain About a Son (2007)
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"On Sunday at True/False, filmmaker/blogger AJ Schnack screened the first thirty minutes of Convention, his verite-style film documenting the 2008 Democratic National Convention with an eye on the Denver locals (politicians, city administrators, journalists, protesters) who were in the mix. Shot by Schnack in collaboration with nearly a dozen documentarians (including the Oscar-nominated directors Laura Poitras and Julia Reichert, and Daniel Junge, who directed the Oscar-shortlisted They Killed Sister Dorothy), the film’s making-of process was almost as much of a serendipity-dependent feat of execution as the event captured on screen. As his, uh, primary inspiration, Schnack cites Robert Drew’s Primary, a Direct Cinema landmark documenting the Wisconsin primary race between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. The first American nonfiction picture filmed with sync sound, its IMDb "
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"I can listen to Kurt Cobain talk all day. This movie would have worked better as a audio book. Just slapping some images of Aberdeen and Seattle over Kurt's voice a movie does not make. "
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"When filmmakers betray the documentary they’re making. Karina wrestles with The Axe in the Attic, a documentary where the filmmakers hijack their own story by inserting themselves into it. Kurt & Courtney (1998), Nick Broomfield’s attempted investigation into Kurt Cobain’s life and death, is a classic example of the same folly. But AJ Schnack’s Kurt Cobain About a Son (opening tonight) sets a new gold standard for self-restraint. FilmCouch #40 Kurt Cobain About a Son, Kurt & Courtney Originally posted on:
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"It’s pretty upsetting when you see more documentaries than most Americans, and yet you haven’t seen any of the 15 docs deemed best of the year by the Academy. This is my case this year, and I guess I was slacking. Or maybe the real problem is that Oscar has shortlisted too many films that haven’t been released commercially. In his IN DEPTH look at the shortlisted docs, Kurt Cobain About a Son filmmaker AJ Schnack points out that only 6 of the films have pursued a true theatrical release and 2/3 have not been available for review by critics nor have they reported their box office. For commentary on Schnack’s earlier analysis of both this year and last year’s eligible docs, check out Karina’s post from last week. So, there’s my excuse. Anyway, I still have many months to see the docs that are most likely to receive the five nominations. My guesses of what I need to see before Oscar night: Sicko, No End in Sight, Lake of Fire,
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"AJ Schnack dropped a hint on his blog yesterday about the soundtrack for his new film, Kurt Cobain: About a Son, and I followed the link to Barsuk Records to take a look at it. It looks amazing–21 tracks, songs by David Bowie, Butthole Surfers and Iggy Pop, plus scraps of the Michael Azzerad interviews with Cobain that are used in the film. There are no Nirvana songs, but that’s to be expected (rights-wise, they are alleged to be prohibitively expensive), and really — if you’re interested in the film, you probably already own every Nirvana recording that’s been released. As David Lowery points out, About a Son begins a one-week Oscar qualifying run today in Los Angeles, as part of DocuWeek. It’ll hit additional cities in the fall.
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"Filmmaker A.J. Schnack, who usually blogs here, has launched a new blog devoted to his upcoming Kurt Cobain documentary, Kurt Cobain: About a Son. I found the above clip from the film on the new blog, but it’s apparently been on YouTube for a while — behold the 78 comments it’s earned, which include such insights as “Courtney love is bitch. I hope she burns in hell.” and “Kurt Cobain is alive, Gods never dies..” It’s frustrating to see that there’s still so much anger and speculation surrounding interest Cobain’s manner of death, because Schnack’s film (which, in tone and content, is well represented by this clip) really has no interest in any of the conspiracy theories. Based on audio interviews conducted by journalist Michael Azerad for a circa 1993 book about Nirvana, it’s a poetic and introspective portrait that does a lot to puncture the “Cobain was a God brought down by a harpie devil” myth that I’m sure most reasonable people grew tired of about ten years ago.
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"Filmmaker A.J. Schnack, who usually blogs here, has launched a new blog devoted to his upcoming Kurt Cobain documentary, Kurt Cobain: About a Son. I found the above clip from the film on the new blog, but it's apparently been on YouTube for a while -- behold the 78 comments it's earned, which include such insights as "Courtney love is bitch. I hope she burns in hell." and "Kurt Cobain is alive, Gods never dies.." It's frustrating to see that there's still so much anger and speculation surrounding interest Cobain's manner of death, because Schnack's film (which, in tone and content, is well represented by this clip) really has no interest in any of the conspiracy theories. Based on audio interviews conducted by journalist Michael Azerad for a circa 1993 book about Nirvana, it's a poetic and introspective portrait that does a lot to puncture the "Cobain was a God brought down by a harpie devil" myth that I'm sure most reasonable people grew tired of about ten years ago. Original "
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