We may not be too concerned with unearthing dinosaur bones or friends of the bible tombs as much as we are with old recordings from bands that made their mark. A couple of years back they were pulling out old Beatles recordings from the cobwebs, so it comes as no surprise that they are still troves of footage on a generation’s rock icon Kurt Cobain. Despite the number of documentaries that have come out on the subject, doc-distributor specialist Balcony Releasing are looking to release of A.J. Schnack's Kurt Cobain About A Son (first at the IFC Center in Manhattan on October 3rd followed by Los Angeles and other cities.).
AJ Schnack’s doc is an intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by noted music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book “Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana.” In the film, Kurt Cobain recounts his own life – from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame – and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times. The conversations heard in the film have never before been made public and they reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particularly well understood.
