NIRVANA- "ABOUT A SON" - Documentary

Cinematic Documentary has blossomed the last 10 years as more and more artists find reality interesting enough to make them stay away from "creating a world of their own", a.k.a. fiction. It was matter of time before the musical documentary would take the lead on this new interest in this genre of film-making -just like on TV before.

In those last years countless films have been released on anything that has to do with music -any kind of music. The most interesting of them weren't those about my (or your) favorite artists, but rather the ones that had a real cinematic approach on the way each was presenting the story. Moreover, the best of them were/are those that could be something more than just a "fairy-tale of drugs and self-destruction" or a "scientific musical analysis".

"About a Son" manages to pass this "test". Interested or not in Kurt Cobain, you cant ignore its cinematography; and that alone will be enough for you to sit and watch the film. But beyond this, the structure of the movie and director's subtle comments on Cobain's words are what make this a great documentary.

soundtrack

Steve Fisk & Ben Gibbard - “Overture”
“Never Intended” [interview excerpt]
Arlo Guthrie - “Motorcycle Song”
The Melvins - “Eye Flys”
“Punk Rock” [interview excerpt]
Bad Brains - “Banned In D.C.”
Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Up Around the Bend”
Half Japanese - “Put Some Sugar On It”
The Vaselines - “Son of a Gun”
Butthole Surfers - “Graveyard”
“Hardcore Was Dead” [interview excerpt]
Scratch Acid - “Owner’s Lament”
Mudhoney - “Touch Me I’m Sick”
“Car Radio” [interview excerpt]
Iggy Pop - “The Passenger”
Leadbelly - “The Bourgeois Blues”
R.E.M. - “New Orleans Instrumental No. 1?
“The Limelight” [interview excerpt]
David Bowie - “The Man Who Sold The World”
Mark Lanegan - “Museum”
Ben Gibbard - “Indian Summer”

DURATION 96 MIN

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