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Erik WilsonCast:
Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone, Warren Ellis, Earl Cave, Martyn P. Casey, George Vjestica, Jim SclavunosPlots(1)
20,000 days on earth is a bold and unique look at one of music’s most mysterious and charismatic figures, the iconic musician and writer Nick Cave. Directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard present a vision of an artist in a way that is unconventional yet undeniably intimate, while also exploring more universal themes of creativity and how we choose to spend our time on the Earth. The film presents Cave’s personal analysis of his own life and creative processes. He shares humorous tales of times past with bandmate and frequent collaborator Warren Ellis, and engages in enlightening discussion with those who have affected his life both professionally and personally, including former Bad Seed Blixa Bargeld, actor friend Ray Winstone, and perhaps most notably Kylie Minogue, with whom Cave collaborated on his breakout hit Where the Wild Roses Grow. (4DVD)
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Black Priest Nick Cave ceased to be human around the year 2000. When he writes a song, he leaves a child alone in a room with a Mongolian psychopath and a unicycle clown he shoots, he doesn't remember much about the 1980s, and watches Scarface with his sons. It's definitely not a normal documentary (if it is a documentary), but it surprised me with its accessibility and especially its non-depressiveness. It shows Cave as a funny guy with an extremely charming look who used to do a lot of drugs, but today is happiest when he can write and hang out in the studio with Warren Ellis and the rest of his gang.
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As a musician, Nick Cave is a big unknown to me, and I've never listened to him, or at least not knowingly. I know him more as the author of the book "The Death of Bunny Munro," where he caught my attention because he definitely has literary abilities that seem to be reflected in his lyrics as well. A specific perspective on a personality I don't know, but who intrigued me.
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