Kurt Tells His Story
Added 4/20/2009
If you want to know the real Kurt Cobain, purchase About a Son. The best part about this movie, is while Kurt tells his story, you see his hometown. I've read a review saying it could be any town. I've been there, it is where he grew up. As you see these images and hear the soundtrack of the music he listened to you get a better picture of what his life was like. It's the whole package, so to speak. I thank Michael Azerrad for making these great interviews available to his fans. It is touching and informative. I highly recommend it.
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good, but gets a little boring
Added 3/1/2009
in this movie is just a video of seattle and aberdeen and olympia, which is where kurt lived and grew up, but even though there is an interview with him it does get boring just watching those areas for 2- 3 hours. but i would recommend it.
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A Little Disappointed
Added 2/2/2009
I had very high hopes for this DVD, but it turned out to be a little boring. I lost interest very quickly.
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Kurt would have been ashamed...
Added 1/1/2009
Let me first state that I am a huge fan of Kurt Cobain and have been since the late `80s when Bleach was first released. I was a huge fan of the music coming out of the Pacific Northwest at that time: Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, the Melvins, Soundgarden, etc. I still love the music even as I'm approaching my 40s.
This documentary should have been released as an audio CD. If it had to be released as a film, at least it should have been subtitled against a black screen. That would have been more palatable than the highbrow visual pap, which the visuals are comprised of. The interviews were highly insightful, but the images were terribly disconnected and removed from the zeitgeist that was the alternative scene of the late `80s and early `90s. Grunge was against social conventions, somewhat nilhlistic, and rebelled against the prevailing conditions and fashions of the time. It brought about the demise of hair metal, fortunately. As such, the visual imagery of this film was anathema to that spirit. I felt like I was watching an overwrought, pretentious piece of "artsy fartsy" filming akin to a perfume commercial. I should have just closed my eyes and listened. It left a very bad taste in me, only redeemed by Kurt's spoken words, which were captivating . Kurt stated in the film numerous times how he identified with Punk Rock. A true punk rocker would be appalled at the blatant commercialism of the imagery. I was repulsed by it. The only saving grace is the interviews themselves, which I highly recommend listening to. If you buy this film, do yourself a favor and close your eyes while listening to it.
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Fabulous
Added 11/19/2008
I am ever so happy that Michael Azzerad created such a masterpiece. Having been a Nirvana fan since 1990 at the fresh age of 13, and really never hearing what Kurt had to say throughout the years, unless I wished to indulge in youtube nonsense or articles. It's nice to own this visual masterpiece that really and truly, without question, brings you into his world. At least a portion of it, and in his words, his voice. It was nice to lie back and just listen. Like rock -n- roll therapy. Looking up every so often to see sweeping views of pines and cartoon imagery, all flowing with Kurt's narrative. Beautiful, a MUST for any die hard Kurt lover.
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Kurt Tells His Story
Added 4/20/2009
If you want to know the real Kurt Cobain, purchase About a Son. The best part about this movie, is while Kurt tells his story, you see his hometown. I've read a review saying it could be any town. I've been there, it is where he grew up. As you see these images and hear the soundtrack of the music he listened to you get a better picture of what his life was like. It's the whole package, so to speak. I thank Michael Azerrad for making these great interviews available to his fans. It is touching and informative. I highly recommend it.
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good, but gets a little boring
Added 3/1/2009
in this movie is just a video of seattle and aberdeen and olympia, which is where kurt lived and grew up, but even though there is an interview with him it does get boring just watching those areas for 2- 3 hours. but i would recommend it.
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A Little Disappointed
Added 2/2/2009
I had very high hopes for this DVD, but it turned out to be a little boring. I lost interest very quickly.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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