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TIFF my day twoâ�¦

Yesterday was Monday, and while it marked day 5 and the middle of the festival for folks that started their TIFF experience on the first day, I wanted to start my first full day off early. So with a few hours sleep under my pillow I shot out into the world at 8:30 for the Documentary Breakfast at Doc Corner. Most people were probably feeling the exhaustion that creeps up by day 5 and slept through the breakfast making it an intimate gathering to meet writers and TIFF staff and programmers. I caught up with some other journalists and we all got books signed by photographer Charles Peterson and rock writer and drummer Michael A in honor of AJ Schnack’s Kurt Cobain About a Son. – read more

From documentary insider – Posted on September 12 2006

KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON

Kurt Cobain: About A Son (9/10)

Tonight we watched the world premiere of Kurt Cobain: About A Son (tiff | imdb | myspace), and it wasn’t at all what I expected. I guess I didn’t read the description that closely, because I expected a straightforward documentary. It was anything but.

The film, directed by A.J. Schnack, consisted of three threads: extensive audio interviews between Kurt Cobain and writer Michael Azerrad, footage filmed in the towns where Kurt spent his life, and music (some original score, some licensed songs…though no Nirvana songs) by Steve Fisk (who produced some of Nirvana’s music) and Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie). – read more

From Skirl: (skÃ»rl) n. A shrill wailing sound – Posted on September 10 2006

KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON

Kurt Cobain Lives in Toronto

Kurt Cobain About a Son (left) is generating a huge amount of anticipation for its TIFF world premiere. Director AJ Schnack draws upon hours of intimate audio-taped conversations that the Nirvana singer had with his biographer Michael Azerrad. The film is divided into three chapters for the three Washington cities where Cobain lived - Aberdeen, Olympia, Seattle. Schnack visualizes the conversations with gorgeous 35 mm photography of the landscapes and faces of that region. It's unlike any other rock 'n' roll movie ever made. Schnack, Azerrad, and photographer Charles Peterson (who took some of the most iconic pictures of Cobain, including the one seen here) will all be coming to Toronto. MTV.com has a long article about the film. – read more

From DOC Blog - TIFF – Posted on August 24 2006

KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON

'About A Son' Conversations Give A Glimpse Into The Kurt Cobain Few Knew

When journalist Michael Azerrad first met Kurt Cobain in 1992, he half-expected to find him shooting up heroin or smashing a guitar or screaming bloody murder into a microphone. After all, that's all he'd heard and read about Cobain — that he was "a known heroin user," a paranoid maniac and an absolute terror to interview.

But instead, at the end of a long hallway in a Los Angeles apartment, Azerrad came toenail-to-painted-toenail with Kurt Cobain: a slightly off-kilter, but ultimately ordinary, 25-year-old.

"All I knew was that he was a guitar-smashing junkie who screamed," Azerrad said. "Courtney [Love] greeted me at the front door of their apartment, and we walked down this long hallway, with a bedroom down at the end. And I was just dreading what I was going to find in that bedroom. But what I found was a man lying in bed, with his feet pointed towards the door. His feet were sticking out from underneath a blanket, and his toenails were painted red. He was extremely nice, told me to come in and sit down. And then he offered me some grapes."

– read more

From MTV – Posted on August 23 2006

KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON

Unreleased Cobain Interviews Become Movie

We all know Kurt Cobain as Nirvana frontman, Courtney's love, and, more recently, an action figure from beyond the grave. According to journalist Michael Azerrad, however, Cobain was more accurately, "a person who a lot of people thought they understood but probably didn't," MTV.com reports.
– read more

From Pitchfork – Posted on August 23 2006

KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON

MTV: 'About A Son' Conversations Give a Glimpse

MTV News reports today about A.J. Schnack's widely anticipated documentary, Kurt Cobain About A Son. This is one of the premieres at next month's Toronto Film Festival that has me especially excited. In the MTV report, James Montgomery gets the inside scoop from Schnack and Cobain biographer Michael Azerrad about the genesis of the project: – read more

From Matt Dentler's Blog - IndieWIRE – Posted on August 23 2006

				KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON TIFF my day twoâ�¦ Yesterday was Monday, and while it marked day 5 and the middle of the festival for folks that started their TIFF experience on the first day, I wanted to start my first full day off early. So with a few hours sleep under my pillow I shot out into the world at 8:30 for the Documentary Breakfast at Doc Corner. Most people were probably feeling the exhaustion that creeps up by day 5 and slept through the breakfast making it an intimate gathering to meet writers and TIFF staff and programmers. I caught up with some other journalists and we all got books signed by photographer Charles Peterson and rock writer and drummer Michael A in honor of AJ Schnack’s Kurt Cobain About a Son. – read more From documentary insider – Posted on September 12 2006

				KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON Kurt Cobain: About A Son (9/10) Tonight we watched the world premiere of Kurt Cobain: About A Son (tiff \| imdb \| myspace), and it wasn’t at all what I expected. I guess I didn’t read the description that closely, because I expected a straightforward documentary. It was anything but. The film, directed by A.J. Schnack, consisted of three threads: extensive audio interviews between Kurt Cobain and writer Michael Azerrad, footage filmed in the towns where Kurt spent his life, and music (some original score, some licensed songs…though no Nirvana songs) by Steve Fisk (who produced some of Nirvana’s music) and Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie). – read more From Skirl: (skÃ»rl) n. A shrill wailing sound – Posted on September 10 2006

				KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON Kurt Cobain Lives in Toronto Kurt Cobain About a Son (left) is generating a huge amount of anticipation for its TIFF world premiere. Director AJ Schnack draws upon hours of intimate audio-taped conversations that the Nirvana singer had with his biographer Michael Azerrad. The film is divided into three chapters for the three Washington cities where Cobain lived - Aberdeen, Olympia, Seattle. Schnack visualizes the conversations with gorgeous 35 mm photography of the landscapes and faces of that region. It's unlike any other rock 'n' roll movie ever made. Schnack, Azerrad, and photographer Charles Peterson (who took some of the most iconic pictures of Cobain, including the one seen here) will all be coming to Toronto. MTV.com has a long article about the film. – read more From DOC Blog - TIFF – Posted on August 24 2006

				KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON 'About A Son' Conversations Give A Glimpse Into The Kurt Cobain Few Knew When journalist Michael Azerrad first met Kurt Cobain in 1992, he half-expected to find him shooting up heroin or smashing a guitar or screaming bloody murder into a microphone. After all, that's all he'd heard and read about Cobain — that he was "a known heroin user," a paranoid maniac and an absolute terror to interview. But instead, at the end of a long hallway in a Los Angeles apartment, Azerrad came toenail-to-painted-toenail with Kurt Cobain: a slightly off-kilter, but ultimately ordinary, 25-year-old. "All I knew was that he was a guitar-smashing junkie who screamed," Azerrad said. "Courtney [Love] greeted me at the front door of their apartment, and we walked down this long hallway, with a bedroom down at the end. And I was just dreading what I was going to find in that bedroom. But what I found was a man lying in bed, with his feet pointed towards the door. His feet were sticking out from underneath a blanket, and his toenails were painted red. He was extremely nice, told me to come in and sit down. And then he offered me some grapes." – read more From MTV – Posted on August 23 2006

				KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON Unreleased Cobain Interviews Become Movie We all know Kurt Cobain as Nirvana frontman, Courtney's love, and, more recently, an action figure from beyond the grave. According to journalist Michael Azerrad, however, Cobain was more accurately, "a person who a lot of people thought they understood but probably didn't," MTV.com reports. – read more From Pitchfork – Posted on August 23 2006

				KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON MTV: 'About A Son' Conversations Give a Glimpse MTV News reports today about A.J. Schnack's widely anticipated documentary, Kurt Cobain About A Son. This is one of the premieres at next month's Toronto Film Festival that has me especially excited. In the MTV report, James Montgomery gets the inside scoop from Schnack and Cobain biographer Michael Azerrad about the genesis of the project: – read more From Matt Dentler's Blog - IndieWIRE – Posted on August 23 2006