The film, which recently closed the seattle international film festival, is inspired by the last days of kurt cobain, and the. Revisiting the tragic last days of kurt cobain consequence. The last hours of kurt cobain tv episode 2017 imdb. But for the first time, the story of what happened to him can now be told, using the testimony of people who knew him, the witnesses who. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of a musician, loosely based on kurt cobain. It was released to theaters in the united states on july 22, 2005 and was produced by hbo. He mumbles imcomprehensibly at least 90% of the time, and the supporting cast might as well not say anything at all, because the viewer hasnt a clue what theyre talking about. With michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott patrick green. There are a few ways you can look at it, dave grohl says of in utero, the last studio album he made as the drummer in nirvana and the groups backtopunk triumph after its 1991 multiplatinum. The seattle police department incident report states that cobain was found with a shotgun across his body, had a visible head wound and there was a note discovered nearby.
One of kurt cobains last meals was at cactus 48 hours. An official selection in the 2005 cannes film festival, gus van sants last days is inspired by the final hours of kurt cobain. The last days of kurt cobain, in his own words the independent. According to rolling stone, cobain had only spent a couple of days in a california rehab center before he scaled the facilitys sixfoot brick wall and made his way home to seattle. Sep 24, 20 there are a few ways you can look at it, dave grohl says of in utero, the last studio album he made as the drummer in nirvana and the groups backtopunk triumph after its 1991 multiplatinum. Michael hunter investigates the last hours of nirvanas lead singer, kurt cobain.
Not to mention the last time courtney saw kurt was also a very ugly situation after a staged intervention. Dave grohl on kurts last days and the making of in. Last days sliders, a 1995 episode of the american television program sliders. While the film is directly influenced by the death of kurt cobain, last days is a fictional story. Sonic youth revisit their friend kurt cobain in last days band contributed extensively to gus van sants film based on nirvana founders life and death. A version of kurt cobain s story was previously fictionalised for the 2005 film last days, directed by gus van sant. The last 48 hours of kurt cobain tv movie 2007 imdb.
Gus van sants last days inspired by a hazy cobain the. In this film inspired by deceased nirvana front man kurt cobain, brilliantbuttortured musician blake michael pitt becomes overwhelmed by the demands made on him by his fame and so retreats to. While the film is directly influenced by the death of kurt cobain. Characters use drugs, drink, smoke, and curse casually and frequently including the fk. Lastday, the last day of a persons life in the film logans run. A few months prior to the release of last days significant chatter emerged on the internet. Last days is dedicated to the suicide of kurt cobain, who led the band nirvana, influential in the creation of grunge rock. Gus van sant was so intrigued by him he asked him to appear in the film. And adding some credence to last days is an appearance by. Nov 03, 2006 brant and katya are just two of the otherwise sane, ordinary people who claim to have either seen or shared some spiritual communion with kurt cobain in the last days of his life. Lukas haas, asia argento, nicole vicius, scott patrick green and thadeus a. Grunge as a style is a deliberate way of presenting the self as disposable.
Courtney love plans kurt cobain movie music the guardian. Not a documentary, but interesting and beautifully shot, nevertheless. The films main character, blake, a thinlyveiled interpretation of kurt cobain in his last. Het verhaal van het hoofdpersonage is gebaseerd op het leven van nirvanazanger kurt cobain. A moody, confused, perhaps drugadled rock star blake michael pitt who bears more than a coincidental resemblance to kurt cobain wanders aimlessly through a. Parents need to know that this movie focuses on a musicians depressed final days, and he shoots himself at the end, in a sequence featuring images recalling kurt cobain s suicide based on widely circulated police and press photos. Oct 26, 2012 gus van sants take on the last few days of kurt cobains life.
Its also a film drenched in ennui, something that automatically turns off nearly 34 of viewers. Jul 05, 2018 the below interview with gus van sant originally appeared in our summer, 2005 issue. Sung by pittin character as a shadowy cobain analogue named blakethe tune forms something of a sonic centerpiece to the film. Soaked in bleach a pile of evidence and theories is assembled to question whether nirvana frontman kurt cobains 1994 death really was a suicide. Sonic youth revisit their friend kurt cobain in last days. The films main character, blake, a thinlyveiled interpretation of kurt cobain in his last days, doesnt do much of anything for the entire 96 minute running time. Gus van sants new film is about kurt cobains last days.
Dany wolf at an event for last days 2005 last days 2005 lukas haas and dany. It seems that fans of either michael pitt or kurt cobain had located an mp3 file of the song from death to birth. While montage of heck will soon be considered the definitive kurt cobain. The below interview with gus van sant originally appeared in our summer, 2005 issue. A 2015 docudrama directed by benjamin statler soaked in bleach followed the last days of cobains life casting a nirvana movie biopic. His film is loosely based on the last days of nirvana rocker kurt cobain 19671994, starring michael pitt as a reclusive seattlearea musician named blake. This is the short film for kurt cobain we made for the end of the semester. Read the full text of it here, and decide for yourself what happened to the nirvana frontman. Last days of kurt cobain discussion i just read heavier than heaven recently, i never got to read it for a long long time ive been a fan since the mid 90s but im very surprised that i havent read it sooner. When grunge rock star kurt cobain committed suicide in the spring of 1994, it catapulted a pop celebrity into an american icon. Jul, 2005 if it is true that kurt cobain s inability to cope with fame led him to take his life in 1994, then gus van sants last days, a film loosely based on the musicians fall from grace, would have. The film s main character, blake, a thinlyveiled interpretation of kurt cobain in his last days, doesnt do much of anything for the entire 96 minute running time.
More than 25 years later, the world still hasnt moved on especially since kurt cobains suicide photos were released. In january 2007, love began to shop the biography heavier than heaven to various movie studios in hollywood to turn the book. Michael pitt plays blake, a rock star who is and is not kurt cobain, in gus van sants last days. Last days 2014 film, a 2014 short film directed by kathryn bigelow. There have been books written and plans to make films about the band for decades. Cobain was the founder and front man of nirvana a seattlebased band that introduced to the public, virtually overnight, a different form of music, clothing, and even lifestyle. The subject matter of gus van sants new film, last days, appears on the surface to be the stuff of a sensationalistic movie of the week. The week before kurt cobain was found dead from a single gunshot, he went missing. A subtly gripping portrait of kurt cobains final days and hours. Read spins april 04 cover story on kurt cobain, originally published to mark the tenth anniversary of the icons tragic death. Montage of heck, which had loves full blessing, bleach is an unauthorized docudrama that relies on the testimony of private investigator tom grant and reenactments of cobain s life.
Gus van sants last days was bound to be be misunderstood from the get go. A seattle musicians life and career are reminiscent to those of kurt cobain. Parents need to know that this movie focuses on a musicians depressed final days, and he shoots himself at the end, in a sequence featuring images recalling kurt cobains suicide based on widely circulated police and press photos. Gus van sants take on the last few days of kurt cobains. Courtney love had doubts over kurt cobains suicide. Last days is a is a fictionalized account of the last days of nirvana frontman kurt cobain. Lead singer, kurt cobains last few days before he committed suicide. Apr, 2019 the last days of kurt cobain according to courtney love. In a disclaimer that distances itself from cobain with cruel precision, the movie says its characters are in part, fictional. Krist in the face to get away from him at the airport when krist was trying to get him to rehab and that was the last time krist saw kurt. I know that it isnt that true to the story but it wasnt made to be. The last days of kurt cobain, in his own words the.
Howard feinstein on gus van sants new film, last days film the. Nov 16, 2012 courtney love with kurt cobain and their daughter frances bean in 1993. Courtney love with kurt cobain and their daughter frances bean in 1993. With eric meyers, matthew bone, kurt cobain, michael hunter. Kurt cobains suicide note has fueled conspiracy theories since his 1994 death. The tragic 1994 suicide of kurt cobain, charismatic frontman of the group nirvana, is the loose inspiration for this poetic drama about a rock stars final days.
Culture film news the last days of kurt cobain, in his own words. A version of kurt cobains story was previously fictionalised for the 2005 film last days, directed by gus van sant. Kurt cobain, king of grunge, frontman of nirvana and spokesman for an entire disillusioned generation, died as he had lived in the loud, angry chaos of a bewildered genius that altered the course of modern music, exported the seattle sound to the rest of the world and sold 75 million albums in a career spanning 7 short years. A definitive ranking of every kurt cobain movie ever made. Kurt cobains death was officially ruled a suicide by a selfinflicted gunshot wound to the brains with a sixpound remington 20 gauge shotgun in april 1994. The 2004 cover story, the ghost of saint kurt spin. The film chronicles his last few days and is chiefly described through tom grant, the investigator love had hired to find him. Last days is loosely based on the life of kurt cobain the late nirvana singer. On april 8, 1994, kurt cobain, the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band nirvana, was found dead at his home in seattle, washington at the age of 27. Courtney loves lawyers sent a ceaseanddesist letter to the makers of the kurt cobain film soaked in bleach, deadline reports.
Gus van sant loosely based his 2005 movie last days on the events in the final days of cobain s life, starring michael pitt as cobain. With charles cross, harvey ottinger, alice wheeler, leland cobain. Soaked in bleach, the death of kurt cobain has seen a. Gus van sant loosely based his 2005 movie last days on the events in the final days of cobains life, starring michael pitt as cobain. Brant and katya are just two of the otherwise sane, ordinary people who claim to have either seen or shared some spiritual communion with kurt. Last days is a 2005 american drama film directed, produced and written by gus van sant. In 2005 gus van sant directed a movie, last days loosely based on the band and kurt cobains last days. Kurt cobain, king of grunge, frontman of nirvana and spokesman for an entire disillusioned generation, died as he had lived in the loud, angry chaos of a bewildered genius that altered the course of modern music, exported the seattle sound to the rest of the world. If it is true that kurt cobains inability to cope with fame led him to take his life in 1994, then gus van sants last days, a film loosely based on the musicians fall from grace, would have. The last days of kurt cobain according to courtney love. We can only watch as blake disintegrates before our very eyes, hiking deep into the woods of the northwest to avoid contact with others, avoiding phone calls, and living on dry cereal and. Similar themes like repetition and the same story told from different characters perspectives are lifted straight out of elephant and the endless, hopeless tracking shots of despair are taken out of gerry.
Last days is really gelephant a mix of the first two films. Nirvana began the european leg of its tour behind in utero, its third and final album, in february 1994, and by all accounts, it was a shit show. Courtney love had doubts over kurt cobains suicide, according to biographer. Inspired by the true story of kurt cobain, the lead singer of the popular seattlebased rock band nirvana who committed suicide in 1994. The film stars michael pitt as the character blake, based on kurt cobain. It was determined he had died three days earlier, on april 5. The 2015 documentary soaked in bleach proffers a highly disturbing alternative to the official narrative surrounding cobains suicide. His whereabouts for that week has remained a mystery until now.
Dave grohl on kurts last days and the making of in utero. Last days 2005 a gus van sant film about kurt cobain. Artistic camerawork and a fragmented storyline reflect the inner turmoil of musician blake as he wanders around his neglected mansion, lost in his own thoughts. In january 2007, love began to shop the biography heavier than heaven to various movie studios in hollywood to turn the book into an alist feature film about cobain and nirvana. May 26, 2017 this is the short film for kurt cobain we made for the end of the semester. Mar 21, 2008 culture film news the last days of kurt cobain, in his own words.