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Kurt Cobain About A Son

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NOW PLAYING in NEW YORK at the IFC Center
NOW PLAYING in BOSTON at the Kendall Square
NOW PLAYING in DENVER at the Starz Film Center
NOW PLAYING in NASHVILLE at the The Belcourt
NOW PLAYING in ST. LOUIS at the Tivoli - Director AJ Schnack in attendance 11/2 and 11/3
NOW PLAYING in SALT LAKE CITY at the Broadway Centre Theatres
NOW PLAYING in SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI at the Moxie Cinema - Director AJ Schnack in attendance 11/4.
Opens in COLUMBIA, SC and OMAHA, NE on November 9. For full US theatrical information and reviews of the film visit the About A Son Blog or the official website .

Official Motion Picture Soundtrack now available from Barsuk Records .

Kurt Cobain About A Son is an intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain told entirely in his own voice - without celebrity sound bytes, news clips, sensational tabloid angles or attempts to mimic a grunge aesthetic. Instead, filmmaker AJ Schnack has created something closer to an autobiography of Cobain - a profound first hand account of Cobain's own successes and failures, thoughts and experiences, allowing the audience unprecedented intimacy with a legendary figure in popular culture - set against the wildly divergent Pacific Northwest locations that loomed so large in Cobain's life.

Based on more than 25 hours of never-before-heard audiotaped interviews conducted by noted music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book "Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana," the film offers audiences a compelling re-introduction to one of the most interesting and important cultural figures of the late 20th century. The conversations are informal, humorous, angry and candid. Here, Kurt Cobain recounts his own life - from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame -and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times. The conversations heard in the film have never before been made public and they reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particularly well understood.

Shot entirely on 35mm film, Schnack brings Cobain's Northwest to life in vivid detail: the logging industry where Cobain's father worked, the small bars where local bands played their first shows, the endlessly overcast sky. These images, nearly all of which were filmed in locations that were key to Cobain's life - his home, apartment, school, record label, etc. - are set to an evocative original score by noted Northwest musician and producer Steve Fisk, who produced Nirvana's Blew EP, and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, as well as the music of more than 20 artists who influenced or touched Cobain during his life. These elements - his own words, places that he say and the music that he listened to - come together to create an extraordinary look at a man who went from impoverished indie rocker to world famous iconic figure in less than a year.

Through Cobain's recounting, we see a portrait of a specific moment in American history, of a generation of individuals who grew up in the midst of the wrenching societal and cultural upheavals of the 1970s and 1980s. While Cobain never embraced the label of generational spokesperson, the film makes clear that he was a thoughtful and introspective figure, and that these societal and cultural changes had a huge and profound influence on his life and art.

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Music:

Featuring music by Arlo Guthrie, Bad Brains, Big Black, Breeders, Butthole Surfers, Cheap Trick, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Half Japanese, Iggy Pop, Leadbelly, The Melvins, MDC, Mark Lanegan, Mudhoney, Queen, R.E.M., Scratch Acid, Teenage Fanclub, The Vaselines, Young Marble Giants and a score by Steve Fisk and Benjamin Gibbard.Soundtrack available via BARSUK RECORDS:

Books:

Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad

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My Blog

NOW in Boston, Denver, Nashville, NYC, STL, SLC & Springfield. AJ Schnack in STL & Springfield

About A Son expands to six new cities today, opening in BOSTON at the Kendall Square, DENVER at the Starz Film Center, NASHVILLE at the Belcourt, ST. LOUIS at the Tivoli, SALT LAKE CITY at the Broadwa...
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:36:00 PST

AJ Schnack Live Chat Friday AM at WashingtonPost.com

About A Son director AJ Schnack will be online at WashingtonPost.com on Friday, October 26 at 11:30 AM ET/8:30 AM PT. To join in on the live discussion or submit questions for AJ, click here....
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:25:00 PST

About A Son Opens Friday in DC & Amherst, MA; Continues in NYC

Kurt Cobain About A Son continues to come to more US cities tomorrow when it opens tomorrow in WASHINGTON DC at the E Street Cinema and in AMHERST, MASS at the Amherst Cinema Arts Center. In addition...
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:58:00 PST

About A Son Opens Friday in Philly - Held Over in NYC & Seattle - Special SF Screening!

Kurt Cobain About A Son will open this Friday in Philadelphia at the Ritz on the Bourse. Director AJ Schnack will be in attendance for the evening screenings on Friday, October 19, including a specia...
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:29:00 PST

New Theatrical Dates Announced: Olympia! Atlanta! Tucson! Chicago!

Still more cities confirmed for our ongoing theatrical run. Please note - some of the dates have shifted in the incredibly busy fall movie season. Please check with theatres for times and box office...
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:56:00 PST

About A Son Opens Friday in Seattle, Continues in Los Angeles, NY, Pasadena

Kurt Cobain About A Son will open this Friday in Seattle at the Varsity Theatre. Writer/Interviewer and Co-Producer Michael Azerrad will be in attendance for the 7:10 and 9:45 PM screenings on Friday...
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:19:00 PST

Special Screening Tonight in Los Angeles, Friday & Saturday in New York

Sorry for the late notice, but for those of you in Los Angeles, come out to the Nuart Theatre in West LA tonight (Tuesday, October 9). Director AJ Schnack and writer/co-producer Michael Azerrad will ...
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:02:00 PST

October 20th Screening @ Delancey Street Theater SAN FRANCISCO

For more info check out: www.noisepop.com
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:05:00 PST

About A Son Sells Out in NY, Opens in LA Friday!

We had a great opening night on Wednesday at the IFC Center in New York, with people having to be turned away from the main evening screening that night (thankfully there was space at the next screeni...
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:41:00 PST

About A Son Wins Best Documentary at San Diego Film Festival

Over the weekend, Kurt Cobain About A Son won the Best Documentary prize at the 6th Annual San Diego Film Festival. Thanks to everyone at the fest for their kindness and hospitality!
Posted by Kurt Cobain About A Son on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:49:00 PST