Squaring a Circle: Kurt Cobain - About a Son
Read the full review in The Daily Cal. That is, as much as they allowed into the paper; my first few grafs are rather butchered, I must protest. Disregarding my dissatisfactions with the published piece, I should push forth the notion that it's almost an interesting movie. Definitely heart-felt and good looking. But it doesn't quite work that well, or as well as it could have, I imagine. Director AJ Schnack (Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)) attempts to answer my question of how do we speak of Nirvana now by replacing images of Cobain with images of the places (and the people of those places) where Cobain lived, and grew. It's an interesting conceit. But it never quite congeals. Still, it looks great, as you can see from above. My best snark? It definitely inherits something from Koyaanisqatsi (which Schnack apparently modeled his film after): it's kinda boring, despite its beatific images and that great Queen song. (PS: I like Manohla Dargis' somewhat slight review.)
"It's not my story as much as it is anybody else's story."
performance. You may like my attempt, you may not -- you may not give a shit about my tenure at Culver Military Academy's summer program or you may find it an intriguing entry. (If you enjoyed your time at said institution, I apologize for my characterization of it; it just seemed that everybody I met there was an unhappy teen.) Basically: I'm not as good writing about music as I am about movies. Plus, how does one write about Nirvana? It's like trying to write something novel about The Beatles. Who cares, really, about some stereotypical reaction to a pop phenomenon? Oh well. Please, read it! After such an endorsement, how can you refuse, right? Stay up, peoples! --RWK
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