Kurt Cobain About a Son

Infobox Film
name = Kurt Cobain About a Son


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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = AJ Schnack
producer = Ravi Anne
writer =
narrator = Kurt Cobain
starring = Kurt Cobain
music = Steve Fisk
Ben Gibbard
cinematography = Wyatt Troll
editing = AJ Schnack
distributor = Balcony Releasing (US theatrical)
Shout! Factory (US DVD)
Geneon Entertainment (Japan theatrical)
Toshiba Entertainment (Japan DVD)
released = flagicon|Japan August 4, 2007
flagicon|United States October 3, 2007
runtime = 97 minutes
country = flag|United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
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website = http://www.kurtcobainaboutason.com/
amg_id = 1:358922
imdb_id = 0790769

"Kurt Cobain About a Son" is a documentary about Kurt Cobain that debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. It is directed by AJ Schnack. It was produced by Sidetrack Films. It features audio of interviews between Cobain and journalist Michael Azerrad done for the book "", set over ambient cinematography of the places in which Kurt Cobain called his home, mainly Aberdeen, Olympia, and Seattle. The film has played numerous film festivals, and was nominated for the 2007 Independent Spirit's Truer than Fiction Award.

oundtrack

#"Overture" - Steve Fisk and Ben Gibbard
#Audio: Never Intended
#"Motorcycle Song" - Arlo Guthrie
#"It's Late" - Queen
#"Eye Flys" - The Melvins
#Audio: Punk Rock
#"Banned in DC" - Bad Brains
#"Up Around the Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
#"Kerosene" - Big Black
#"Put Some Sugar on It" - Half Japanese
#"Son of a Gun" - The Vaselines
#"Graveyard" - Butthole Surfers
#Audio: Hardcore Was Dead
#"Owner's Lament" - Scratch Acid
#"Touch Me I'm Sick" - Mudhoney
#Audio: Car Radio
#"The Passenger" - Iggy Pop
#"The Borgeois Blues" - Leadbelly
#"New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" - R.E.M.
#Audio: The Limelight
#"The Man Who Sold the World" - David Bowie
#"Museum" - Mark Lanegan
#"Indian Summer" - Ben Gibbard

External links

*rotten-tomatoes|id=1186279-kurt_cobain_about_a_son|title=Kurt Cobain: About A Son
* [http://evadethenoise.com/2008/09/16/kurt-cobain-about-a-son/ "Kurt Cobain: About A Son"] at evade the noise Rating|3|5