“I must remember to be kind”
I’ve been a Bad Seeds fan for a while now and I’ve seen 20,000 Days On Earth and Ellis Park which are both very upbeat and ultimately sum up the Bad Seeds in their own right. This was different.
Harrowing. That’s how I’d describe it. A beautifully intimate portrait of a man going through an immense and still very raw loss. Nick Cave is such a polarising figure and seeing him here in this context is just utterly heartbreaking. The unscripted ramblings create the portrait of someone who is simply broken by loss which is ultimately what this film is about. It’s not about the making of an album or the band, it’s about loss.
The sensitivity and discretion of the cast and crew is very apparent from the beginning which is something beautiful which isn’t seen enough in documentaries like this.
I’m a huge Warren Ellis fan- he’s exactly the levels of cool and aloof which I aspire to be but here you see a different side to him. He’s someone who’s doing his best to comfort a friend in a time of loss which is something that is picked up on in the documentary. The few moments of humour and levity come from Ellis which despite the tone are absolutely needed. This film humanises this great idol figure of mine in a way that I was not expecting and absolutely adds to my admiration of him.
It’s not only emotionally powerful, it’s visually powerful with some incredible camerawork and direction. The use of monochrome really adds to the seriousness and tone of the doc.
To describe this film as moving is simply not enough. Regardless of whether you are a Bad Seeds fan or nots you should watch this.
“I must remember to be kind”
I’ve been a Bad Seeds fan for a while now and I’ve seen 20,000 Days On Earth and Ellis Park which are both very upbeat and ultimately sum up the Bad Seeds in their own right. This was different.
Harrowing. That’s how I’d describe it. A beautifully intimate portrait of a man going through an immense and still very raw loss. Nick Cave is such a polarising figure and seeing him here in this context is just utterly heartbreaking. The unscripted ramblings create the portrait of someone who is simply broken by loss which is ultimately what this film is about. It’s not about the making of an album or the band, it’s about loss.
The sensitivity and discretion of the cast and crew is very apparent from the beginning which is something beautiful which isn’t seen enough in documentaries like this.
I’m a huge Warren Ellis fan- he’s exactly the levels of cool and aloof which I aspire to be but here you see a different side to him. He’s someone who’s doing his best to comfort a friend in a time of loss which is something that is picked up on in the documentary. The few moments of humour and levity come from Ellis which despite the tone are absolutely needed. This film humanises this great idol figure of mine in a way that I was not expecting and absolutely adds to my admiration of him.
It’s not only emotionally powerful, it’s visually powerful with some incredible camerawork and direction. The use of monochrome really adds to the seriousness and tone of the doc.
To describe this film as moving is simply not enough. Regardless of whether you are a Bad Seeds fan or nots you should watch this.
