Kurt Cobain: About a Son
Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox film/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". Kurt Cobain: About a Son is a 2006[1] American documentary film about American rock musician Kurt Cobain, directed by AJ Schnack[2] and produced by Sidetrack Films. It consists of excerpts from the audio recordings journalist Michael Azerrad made of the interviews he conducted with Cobain for the book Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, set over ambient cinematography of the places in Washington where Cobain lived, played and worked: Aberdeen, Olympia, and Seattle.[2][3]
The film debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and played at numerous other film festivals, and it was nominated for the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 22nd Independent Spirit Awards. The DVD release of the film, which was released by Shout! Factory in February 2008, includes interviews with and commentary by Azerrad and Schnack.[4] Shout! Factory also released the film on Blu-ray on October 6, 2009.[5]
Soundtrack
- Steve Fisk & Benjamin Gibbard – Overture
- "Motorcycle Song" – Arlo Guthrie
- "It's Late" – Queen
- "Downed" – Cheap Trick
- "Eye Flys" – Melvins
- Audio: Punk Rock
- "My Family's a Little Weird" – MDC
- "Banned in D.C." – Bad Brains
- "Up Around the Bend" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "Kerosene" – Big Black
- "Put Some Sugar on It" – Half Japanese
- "Include Me Out" – Young Marble Giants
- "Round Two" – Pasties
- "Son of a Gun" – The Vaselines
- "Graveyard" – Butthole Surfers
- Audio: Hardcore Was Dead
- "Owner's Lament" – Scratch Acid
- "Iris" – The Breeders
- "Touch Me I'm Sick" – Mudhoney
- Audio: Car Radio
- "The Passenger" – Iggy Pop
- "Star Sign" – Teenage Fanclub
- "The Bourgeois Blues" – Lead Belly
- "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" – R.E.M.
- Audio: The Limelight
- "The Man Who Sold the World" – David Bowie
- "Museum" – Mark Lanegan
- "Indian Summer" – Ben Gibbard
Accolades
- Best Documentary – 2007 San Diego Film Festival[6]
References
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- ↑ a b AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine allmusic.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Kurt Cobain: About A Son": Behind the Movie That's Moving Audiences to Tears rollingstone.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ↑ Kurt Cobain - About a Son amazon.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ↑ Kurt Cobain: About A Son [Blu-ray] amazon.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
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