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Authorised documentary chronicling the life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Made with the consent of Kurt's family, the feature uses footage from home movies, audio diaries and journals to document the late musician's life from his own perspective, from his alienated youth spent in the Pacific Northwest to his rise and fall with alternative rock band Nirvana. Interviews with the artist himself, wife Courtney Love and fellow bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are also included to shed light on his private life while he was an integral part of Nirvana, battling drug addiction and at the same time starting a family. (Universal Pictures UK)
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I'm not a fan of Nirvana, and I've never actively sought out their music; at one point, I even quite disliked it. That has passed and I can now listen to their songs. But this documentary is absolutely brilliant. It's an excellent example of filmmaking when someone really puts effort into the form and editing, piecing together materials filmed directly by the subject or those close to them with material created specifically for the film. An incredible added value, for example, lies in the animated segments. This is how I imagine a great documentary.
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