Rating: NR
Genre:
Music
Theatrical Release: 10/05/2007(USA
Release Date: 02/19/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 135 min
Distributor/Studio: Shout Factory
Filmmaker
A.J. Schnack draws from over twenty-five hours of audio taped interviews to offer an intimate meditation on the life of the man who changed the face of rock and roll in the 1990s in this film that uses materials originally gathered for music journalist
Michael Azerrad's book
Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. From his early childhood to his discovery of music and his troubled attempts to make sense of his skyrocketing fame as a member of
Nirvana,
Cobain recounts his life in a series of previously unreleased recordings. By combining the interviews with footage of Aberdeen, Olympia, and Seattle - three Washington cities that played a major role in
Cobain's tragically short life - director
Schnack assembles a dreamlike journey into the mind of an oft-discussed but widely misunderstood legend. An ethereal score by
Death Cab for Cutie's
Ben Gibbard and
Nirvana producer
Steve Fisk, as well as songs by some of
Cobain's favorite recording artists including
David Bowie and
The Melvins, merge with evocative imagery to strip away the legend and portray the subject as a real man whose talents stood in stark contrast to his ability to deal with the hardships of fame.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
;)
