I got a chance to check out this documentary the other night while I was “geeking” out on the web. I was expecting to see another shitty documentary with celebrity voices, going through the motions, revisiting the life of a late “Grunge Rock ” legend, Kirk Cobain. To my surprise I thought it was the best documentary on the topic and actually got some new info on Kurt Cobain I never knew (Woa, more to the Cobain story?!).
What made this documentary so ill was the filmmakers use of previously unheard audiotaped interviews to give you a look at Cobain’s life, from childhood to stardom, from the mouth of Kurt himself, layered over still and time-lapse photography. The conversations are informal, humorous, angry, and candid. All the right tools for something new and interesting.
