Cobain: Montage of Heck

Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
Timing: 2:12 (132 min)
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Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Brett Morgen, Sara Bernstein, Dave Morrison, Sheila Nevins, Frances Bean Cobain
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James Whitaker
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Brett Morgen, Joe Beshenkovsky
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Short description

Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.

What's left behind the scenes

  • As director Brett Morgen later recounted in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, he had planned to include Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in the film, but Grohl was busy filming the documentary 'Sonic Highways.' By the time Grohl became available, filming had ended; the director was quite satisfied with the result and decided to leave everything as it was.
  • As director Brett Morgen later told Rolling Stone magazine, he had planned to include Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in the film, but he was busy filming the documentary 'Sonic Highways'. By the time Grohl became available, filming was complete, the director was quite satisfied with the result, and he decided to leave everything as it was.
  • The film briefly shows the name "Fecal Matter." This was the name of the band "Nirvana" before they changed it.
  • Director Brett Morgen told Vanity Fair in an interview that after Frances Bean Cobain saw the film at its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, he walked her to her car. Before getting in, Kurt Cobain's daughter hugged him and said, "This is exactly the film I hoped to see."
  • 'Montage of Heck' borrowed its title from one of the audio collections where Kurt Cobain recorded various sounds, voices, fragments of dialogues, and song demos in 1988.
  • Courtney Love's opinion was not taken into account during the final edit of the film.
  • The film briefly shows the name "Fecal Matter." This was the name of the band "Nirvana" before it was changed.
  • Courtney Love's opinion was not taken into account during the final editing of the film.
  • 'Montage of Heck' borrowed its name from one of the collections of audio recordings where Kurt Cobain recorded all sorts of sounds, voices, fragments of dialogues and song demos in 1988.
  • Director Brett Morgen told Vanity Fair magazine that after Frances Bean Cobain saw the film at its premiere screening at the Sundance Film Festival, he walked her to her car. Before getting behind the wheel, Kurt Cobain's daughter hugged him and said, 'This is exactly the movie I was hoping to see.'

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