Cobain: Montage of Heck
Short description
Cobain: Montage of Heck is a documentary that traces the life and artistic development of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The film follows his journey from a creative childhood in Aberdeen, Washington, through his rise to global fame, while also addressing his struggles with depression and substance abuse. To build this portrait, the production utilized authorized access to personal archives, including private home videos, drawings, and music, alongside animation and interviews with family members, friends, and former bandmates.
The film was written and directed by Brett Morgen, who also served as a producer. In his directing career, this project follows The Kid Stays in the Picture and precedes Moonage Daydream. The cast features appearances by Courtney Love and Krist Novoselic, with archive footage of Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Frances Bean Cobain, and Pat Smear.
Released in 2015, the movie has received positive feedback from both viewers and professionals. It holds a rating of 7.5/10 on IMDb based on 33,000 votes and 7.6/10 on TMDB from 764 votes. Film critics gave the documentary a higher score of 8.1/10 from 94 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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."
- The film briefly shows the name "Fecal Matter." This was the name of the band "Nirvana" before it was changed.
- '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.
- Courtney Love's opinion was not taken into account during the final editing of the film.
- 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.
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