Instead, it casts michael pitt as blake, a cobainlike musician in the pacific northwest. A necrotic gangster biopic that doubles as one of modern cinemas most unforgiving selfportraits, josh tranks capone does for scarface what gus van sants last days did for kurt cobain. The last hours of kurt cobain tv episode 2017 imdb. Last days script transcript from the screenplay andor. Until someone officially makes a movie that recreates cobain s life from first guitar to untimely passing, director gus van sants almostabiopic of the nirvana singers titular last days. Characters use drugs, drink, smoke, and curse casually and frequently including the fk. Nov 03, 2006 brant and katya are just two of the otherwise sane, ordinary people who claim to have either seen or shared some spiritual communion with kurt cobain in the last days of his life. Kurt cobain about a son is the closest thing to an autobiography of kurt cobain. Sonic youth revisit their friend kurt cobain in last days band contributed extensively to gus van sants film based on nirvana founders life and death. Kurt cobain death scene photos new kurt cobain death scene. The last days of kurt cobain, in his own words the independent. It was released to theaters in the united states on july 22, 2005 and was produced by hbo. Jul, 2005 if it is true that kurt cobain s inability to cope with fame led him to take his life in 1994, then gus van sants last days, a film loosely based on the musicians fall from grace, would have. We can only watch as blake disintegrates before our very eyes, hiking deep into the woods of the northwest to avoid contact with others, avoiding phone calls, and living on dry cereal and.
May 05, 2005 gus van sants new film is about kurt cobain s last days. Last days is a 2005 american drama film directed, produced and written by gus van sant. The film details the events leading up to the death of kurt cobain, as seen through the perspective of tom grant, the private detective who was hired by courtney love to find cobain, shortly before his death in 1994. Parents need to know that this movie focuses on a musicians depressed final days, and he shoots himself at the end, in a sequence featuring images recalling kurt cobain s suicide based on widely circulated police and press photos. Dave grohl on kurts last days and the making of in utero. On april 8, 1994, the discovery of nirvana frontman kurt cobain s suicide by shotgun inside his seattle home rocked the world. Michael hunter investigates the last hours of nirvanas lead singer, kurt cobain. Finally, the last days script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the gus van zant movie with michael pitt based on kurt cobain. Last days is loosely based on the life of kurt cobain the late nirvana singer. Howard feinstein on gus van sants new film, last days film.
Its pretty obvious who directed it because the style of the movie reminds to his previous movie elephant. One of kurt cobain s final interviews before his tragic death, this watchmojo presents video from the much vaults is an incredible look into the man and artist that we present on the day that. Last days is dedicated to the suicide of kurt cobain, who led the band nirvana, influential in the creation of grunge rock. Sonic youth revisit their friend kurt cobain in last days. While montage of heck will soon be considered the definitive kurt cobain. Sonic youth revisit their friend kurt cobain in last days band contributed extensively to gus van sants film based on nirvana founders life. Grunge as a style is a deliberate way of presenting the self as disposable. Sep 24, 20 there are a few ways you can look at it, dave grohl says of in utero, the last studio album he made as the drummer in nirvana and the groups backtopunk triumph after its 1991 multiplatinum.
The 2015 documentary soaked in bleach proffers a highly disturbing alternative to the official narrative surrounding cobain s suicide. Similar themes like repetition and the same story told from different characters perspectives are lifted straight out of elephant and the endless, hopeless tracking shots of despair are taken out of gerry. The film chronicles his last few days and is chiefly described through tom grant, the investigator love had hired to find him. Gus van sants feature extrapolates moments from the life of kurt cobain with michael pitt as a musician named blake, while a. Lastday, the last day of a persons life in the film logans run. One of kurt cobains last meals was at cactus 48 hours.
It received a limited theatrical release worldwide and premiered on television in the united states on hbo on april 24, 2015. Lukas haas, asia argento, nicole vicius, scott patrick green and thadeus a. Kurt cobain death scene photos cobain s suicide note was on top of a planter in the greenhouse with a pen stuck through the center of the note. Culture film news the last days of kurt cobain, in his own words. While the name of the main character has been changed from kurt to blake and the setting of the suicide changed from a greenhouse in seattle to a greenhouse in upstate new york, theres no mistaking this film is the product of van sants imagination pursuing the final, lonely moments of the great 90s icon.
The film stars michael pitt as the character blake, based on kurt cobain. The film was directed by brett morgen and premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival. A moody, confused, perhaps drugadled rock star blake michael pitt who bears more than a coincidental resemblance to kurt cobain wanders aimlessly through a. Cobain, 27yearold leader of the rock band nirvana that made seattle famous for music, was found dead of an apparently selfinflicted shotgun wound at his home yesterday. In 2005 gus van sant directed a movie, last days loosely based on the band and kurt cobain s last days. Kurt donald cobain february 20, 1967 april 5, 1994 was an american singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the rock band nirvana. The last photo of kurt cobain alive march 12, 1994.
Michael pitt plays kurt cobain, even if the film doesnt call. And adding some credence to last days is an appearance by. Kurt cobain, king of grunge, frontman of nirvana and spokesman for an entire disillusioned generation, died as he had lived in the loud, angry chaos of a bewildered genius that altered the course of modern music, exported the seattle sound to the rest of the world and sold 75 million albums in a career spanning 7 short years. Jul 05, 2018 the below interview with gus van sant originally appeared in our summer, 2005 issue. What is the song that is played on the record player in the last days movie about kurt cobain.
The 2015 documentary soaked in bleach proffers a highly disturbing alternative to the official narrative surrounding cobains suicide. In this film inspired by deceased nirvana front man kurt cobain, brilliantbuttortured musician blake michael pitt becomes overwhelmed by the demands made on. In this film inspired by deceased nirvana front man kurt cobain, brilliantbuttortured musician blake michael pitt becomes overwhelmed by the demands made on him by his fame and so retreats to. Last days, the final film in his unofficial young death trilogy, is not literally about the final 36 hours or so in the life of kurt cobain.
But while both films offer a bleak look at the final chapter of a fabled rock stars life, this one has the chutzpah to be so much bleaker. Now hes gone and joined that stupid club, said kurt cobain s. Krist in the face to get away from him at the airport when krist was trying to get him to rehab and that was the last time krist saw kurt. His film is loosely based on the last days of nirvana rocker kurt cobain 19671994, starring michael pitt as a reclusive seattlearea musician named blake. Kurt cobain, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of nirvana, remains an icon 20 years after his death. Last days is a is a fictionalized account of the last days of nirvana frontman kurt cobain. Feb 20, 2017 one of kurt cobain s final interviews before his tragic death, this watchmojo presents video from the much vaults is an incredible look into the man and artist that we present on the day that. A 2015 docudrama directed by benjamin statler soaked in bleach followed the last days of cobains life casting a nirvana movie biopic. Last days is really gelephant a mix of the first two films. The film draws upon a series of audiotaped conversations between cobain. Not to mention the last time courtney saw kurt was also a very ugly situation after a staged intervention. Last days kurt cobain pelicula completa espanol hd 1080p. He mumbles imcomprehensibly at least 90% of the time, and the supporting cast might as well not say anything at all, because the viewer hasnt a clue what theyre talking about. In january 2007, love began to shop the biography heavier than heaven to various movie studios in hollywood to turn the book into an alist feature film about cobain and.
Soaked in bleach is a 2015 american docudrama directed by benjamin statler, who cowrote and produced it with richard middelton and donnie eichar. The subject matter of gus van sants new film, last days, appears on the surface to be the stuff of a sensationalistic movie of the week. The story isnt something extraordinary but that clearly wasnt the purpose of this movie. The last days of kurt cobain, in his own words the. Revisiting the tragic last days of kurt cobain consequence. In his last weeks, kurt cobain bought a shotgun, fled from a drugtreatment facility, fought with his wife and threatened to kill himself, according to seattle police reports. With aaron burckhard, chad channing, don cobain, jenny cobain. While the film is directly influenced by the death of kurt cobain, last days is a fictional story. That song was called venus in furs by the velvet underground asked in nirvana, kurt cobain. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free. More than 25 years later, the world still hasnt moved on especially since kurt cobains suicide photos were released.
Regarded as a generation x icon, he is considered to be one of the most iconic and influential rock musicians in the history of alternative music born in aberdeen, washington, cobain. Gus van sants last days is a film about the death of kurt cobain. In a disclaimer that distances itself from cobain with cruel precision, the movie says its characters are in part, fictional. This photo now claims to be the very last photo of kurt cobain alive, taken on march 26, 1994, 10 days before his suicide. Last days sliders, a 1995 episode of the american television program sliders. Because he had been missing for six days prior to his dead body being discovered, many tried to piece together the last days of cobain s life. Nirvana began the european leg of its tour behind in utero, its third and final album, in february 1994, and by all accounts, it was a shit show. Montage of heck is a 2015 documentary film about nirvana lead singer kurt cobain. A movie about the last days of blake, which are similar to cobain s last days, directed by gus van sant. Its also a film drenched in ennui, something that automatically turns off nearly 34 of viewers. The film s main character, blake, a thinlyveiled interpretation of kurt cobain in his last days, doesnt do much of anything for the entire 96 minute running time. Gus van sant loosely based his 2005 movie last days on the events in the final days of cobain s life, starring michael pitt as the main character blake who was based on cobain. Here, we take a journey through cobain s life and his career with nirvana through the lens.
An authorized documentary on the late musician kurt cobain, from his early days in aberdeen, washington to his success and downfall with the grunge band nirvana. Across his chest lay the 20gauge shotgun with which the 27yearold singer, guitarist and songwriter ended his life. Last days was a 2005 film directed by gus van sant chronicling the last days of rock icon, kurt cobain. These are the last known photos of kurt cobain alive. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of last days. A 2015 docudrama directed by benjamin statler soaked in bleach followed the last days of cobain s life casting a nirvana movie biopic. Following in the deeply idiosyncratic footsteps of last days, about a son plays more like autobiography than documentary. There have been books written and plans to make films about the band for decades. In 2005 filmmaker gus van sant made last days, a movie inspired by cobain s plight. With eric meyers, matthew bone, kurt cobain, michael hunter. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of a musician, loosely based on kurt cobain. Mar 21, 2008 culture film news the last days of kurt cobain, in his own words. Kurt cobain committed suicide almost three weeks later on april 5, 1994. In 2005 gus van sant directed a movie, last days loosely based on the band and kurt cobains last days.