This is not a documentary like it was advertised. It was an interview Kurt Cobain gave in the early 90s that was heard over corresponding shots of places in his life. In other words, it was boring.The traditional doc be damned, director AJ Schnack wanted to just basically show the audience, in real pictures, what Cobain's life was like. Of course, you're supposed to forget that 95% of the shots are from nowadays and not the 70s, 80s and 90s when Cobain lived. Cobain explained his life from the great times he had as a child to the bizarre times he had as a teenager. He explained it all to interviewer Michael Azzerad.
While it was very interesting to hear Cobain himself, as incoherent as he was at times, explain his life, the movie just didn't do enough to keep my focus. Kudos to the director for trying something different, but it did not work.
It was not ment to be like that, it was to show Kurt's story.
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