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Kurt Cobain - About a Son

Kurt Cobain (Actor) Rated:
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  • Richard Alaska
    5.0 out of 5 stars It's like being with Kurt
    Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2008
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    This movie was a moving experience; I took my son to see "About a Son" at an artsy theater in Chicago on his 15th birthday. Knowing we both enjoy Nirvana, I nonetheless braced myself for a grungy "sentimental journey." But then to our rapt enjoyment, this movie turned out NOT to be the typical "between the eyes" rockumentary crammed with repetitively familiar nostalgic imagery and dubbed in with music from the artist. In short this was not a nauseating musical rock video shrine. FYI - you don't see Kurt's or any band member's face. And you don't hear any music from Nirvana - and, you don't need to.

    Instead, "About a Son" takes you through the Pacific Northwest, tastefully focusing on images that trace the words in Kurt's interview. I was very taken by the seamless "being there" feel of this film, as though the narration was in real-time with what was being shown visually.

    All-in-all "About a Son" was highly-creative in combining fact with visual interpretation - and in doing so among the best "rockumentaries" I've watched. It is an interpretation of images, selected to match what Kurt was saying. You had a feel for him as a child and teen, his core family and the disintegration of it, for the deprivation he lived through, for the music he listened to, a discussion about babies and bottles, and some saddening foreshadowing of his suicide a year after the interview.

    Would this movie stand on its own without knowledge and/or a fondness for Kurt Cobain and his music? Actually, I believe it would be interesting in and of itself - even if you had never known of Kurt - or never heard Nirvana's music. It is a warm yet subtle film about an interesting and likeable guy, whose immense creativity and drive sprang from humble and confining surroundings. Kurt would have liked "About a Son" for not being banal and obvious. The power is in its simplicity.

    I just bought the DVD and I'm anxiously looking forward to another viewing on a smaller screen. Oh - also an interesting soundtrack works wonders without incorporating Nirvana's songs. My son and I waited to listen to Nirvana on the way home.
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  • Joe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Only the most obsessed and craven people will enjoy this.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2008
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    sit back and relax folks we are gonna listen to Master Cobain talk about his dragic and unbelievable life while watching pictures of the places he grew up and listening to bands that sound like Mogwai or some other band from way the hell over somewhere far.

    above all though Kurt saves this dismal disgrace of journalism but the sincerity by the author of Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana Michael Azerrad isnt easily overlooked (he makes a cameo at the end).

    this is a man that got to be friends with Kurt Cobain and talked with him on the phone until the wee hours of the night! and what you hear are those phone conversations that arent so private as to more revealing than anything else but he was writing a book about the band which looking back was when Kurt still lived (obviously) but only proves once more how truly amazing they were even in their own time and often thats not overlooked enough.
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  • Adrian1804
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great product!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2013
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    Ok, i'll try to make a usefull review.
    This is a very interesting documental if you if you like to get to knoe your idols deeply.
    You wont see any image that's actually related to Kurt, though. You get to hear the result of many interviews to kurt, either in person, or by phone, all made by the same man. Meanwhile, you'll see some random images of the places and cities mentioned, and the faces of some people that live there. That's it. It might get a bit dull, specially if you're not used to documentaries.
    As a nirvana fan, i totally recomend it. You'll get to know the background of Kurt, how he was raised, his ideas for the band, and for himself, how he felt about his surroundings, etc.
    The interviews are from the last year of his life.
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  • Harvey Birdman
    3.0 out of 5 stars A powerful and touching glimpse of an icon, but feels incomplete to me
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2008
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    I purchased this DVD through Amazon and have only watched it once, so this review is based on one viewing on the small screen, 12 hours after the fact. I had a variety of reactions to the film. Early on, it seemed to drag a bit and I felt like it could have been an audio piece instead of video. I didn't feel like the visuals really added much in the first hour or so of the film.

    But the format grew on me as the film went on and I was accustomed to it by the end. The effect of seemingly random photographs and video snippets shown to the sound of (usually) one side of a conversation with Kurt Cobain was a kind of disconnect that was probably intentional, but tended to be off-putting at first. If you watch the film on DVD, be sure to watch the extra features, in which Azerrad and Schnack explain the work and some of the choices they made. These featurettes put the film in a better perspective, and made me appreciate what I had seen a bit more.

    This film is probably best described as a companion to Azerrad's book, and readers of "Come As You Are" will recognize portions of Cobain's words in the film from the book. That being said, "About A Son" does not seem to be something a casual fan would really enjoy - I would only recommend it to Nirvana/Cobain die-hards and completists.

    The movie seemed to be missing something, and that something was the music of Nirvana. I thought it was a nice touch to include music that Cobain appreciated, but I really feel like it would have been a better and more complete "documentary" with music and performances by (or at the very least, more photos of,) Cobain and Nirvana. I don't know if Schnack et al were unable to obtain the rights to these types of materials for financial or other reasons, but the film really suffered in my opinion for the lack of the very music that was being discussed. It felt incomplete, which again may have been intentional. But if it was intentional, I feel it was the wrong choice - this film needed more Nirvana. I can understand not wanting to have tired, old photographs, performances, and music dominate the film - leave that to "Behind the Music" and its copycats - but leaving that type of material out entirely made the film suffer, in my opinion.

    All that being said, "About a Son" is a powerful film for fans of Nirvana. It is a warts-and-all look at Kurt Cobain the person (as opposed to Cobain the musician or Cobain the unwilling generation spokesman.) Parts are funny, parts are informative, and parts are just plain sad. It angered me to hear Cobain's rationalizing of his drug problem and it spooked me to hear him discuss his own death (even mentioning blowing his own head off at one point,) in interviews recorded a relatively short time before it happened. For the faults I felt it had, the film was touching and well-made. I am very glad I watched this movie, but I am not sure I need to own it and doubt I will watch it again.
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  • toma
    5.0 out of 5 stars wirklich interessant und ansprechend gemacht
    Reviewed in Germany on April 29, 2011
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    nachdem ich kürzlich bei einer umfrage im freundeskreis festgestellt habe, dass nirvana eine der wenigen bands ist, von denen ich auf anhieb mind 10 liedtitel nennen kann (obwohl mir gar nicht bewusst gewesen ist, dass ich zu nirvanas zeiten scheinbar ein fan gewesen bin?), ist das interesse an nirvana und vor allem kurt cobain wieder aufgeflackert. aufgrund der vielen sehr positiven rezessionen hab ich mir dann diese dvd gekauft und wurde nicht enttäuscht.
    auf jeden fall empfehlenswert.

    eindeutig netter nebeneffekt: auch dave grohl hat sich wieder in meine erinnerung geschlichen und damit auch die foo fighters!
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  • Cyrille
    5.0 out of 5 stars Très bon documentaire
    Reviewed in France on October 30, 2016
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    Ce documentaire raconte la vie à Seattle et Aberdeen ainsi que la jeunesse de Kurt Cobain à travers ses récit. En effet durant toute sa carrière, le journaliste Michael Azzerad l'a interviewé. C'est donc Kurt Cobain qu'on entend pendant 1h30 nous raconter sa vie. Ses espoirs, ses déchéances mais surtout ce qui l'a amené a devenir une icône du rock.

    Ce documentaire est un document émouvant et c'est a mon sens certainement le meilleur sur Kurt Cobain car c'est lui même qui en fait la narration.
    A posséder pour comprendre comment était la vie de celui qui est devenu le no1 au chats devant Mickael Jackson en 91.

    Si vous trouvez cet avis utile, pensez à cliquer sur oui, cela me donnera une grande satisfaction de savoir qu'il a pu aider quelqu’un.
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  • Claudia Carvajal.
    5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECTA COMPRA!!
    Reviewed in Mexico on January 8, 2016
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    Mi 2da compra en amazon y no deja de sorprenderme, llego a tiempo como siempre lo cual es de esperarse, gracias:).
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  • M Scott
    5.0 out of 5 stars KURT SPEAKS
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2012
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    This is not a Nirvana concert or show, incase anyone is wondering. It is basically Kurt speaking out. About his whole life. Various visual images & photos in the background. I was very interested in this DVD. If find it hard to hear or understand then put the subtitles on. Is pretty cheap & i was happy with it. For true fans of Kurt Cobain.
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  • Jason Garrett
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Quality!
    Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2024
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    I am very happy with this purchase. Nirvana and Kurt Cobain were a huge deal in the 1990’s. If you’re a Gen X’er you’ll really like this.
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