AJ Schnack, director of latest Kurt Cobain film
November 16th, 2007 by Felicia Feaster in Film
Kurt Cobain: About a Son may not be the documentary that satisfies Nirvana fans with some fascinating new vantage. Much of this material – parental divorce, drugs, depression – has been covered before. Director AJ Schnack’s hook is more sensual: His film capitalizes on the intimacy afforded in actual audio recordings of Cobain’s voice. Schnack has used audio from 25 hours’ worth of interviews Cobain did from December 1992 to March 1993 with journalist Azerrad to reanimate the singer. He sets those interviews to imagery of Cobain’s Pacific Northwest stomping ground, attempting an impressionistic portrait of what life might have looked like through Cobain’s eyes.
(Photo from the documentary, in which viewers see more of the Pacific Northwest and less of Cobain - Courtesy Balcony Releasing)
A&E Editor David Lee Simmons interviews the director - Download.
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