Press Release One
For Immediate Release: January 10, 2008 •
NORTH BY NORTHEAST MUSIC & FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS ACCLAIMED KURT COBAIN DOC ABOUT A SON
“One of the most eloquent, beautiful and singular music documentaries to surface in recent years.” --Jennie Punter, The Globe & Mail
North by Northeast (NXNE), Canada’s #1 showcase for the best new independent music and music-related films, proudly announces the screening of the Kurt Cobain feature doc About A Son at The Royal Cinema on January 18, 2007.
Over four months in 1993, rock journalist Michael Azzard interviewed Kurt Cobain over four months in 1993, just one year before his suicide. Cobain was disarmingly honest about his upbringing, musical influences, and the price of success and fame. At one point, talking about the chronic stomach pain he lived with, Cobain tells the writer “I just wanted to fucking blow my brains out." And, of course, one year later, he did exactly that.
About A Son, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, is a deeply personal look at a complicated man whose music helped define a generation. Filmmaker A.J. Schnuck juxtaposes Cobain’s haunting voice against striking images of the places, people and events that influenced him most, including bands The Melvins and Queen. Two of Cobain's friends, Sub Pop producer Steve Fisk and Death Cab for Cutie singer Benjamin Gibbard, provide the film’s score.
North By Northeast Music and Film Festival presents a screening of About A Son on Friday, January 18 at The Royal Cinema, Toronto.
If you’re a filmmaker or a musician you’ve got until January 31st, 2008 to get your submissions into www.nxne.com, the best damn indie music and film festival in Canada. For $35, you get the chance to strut it up in front of fans, industry peeps and all your peers!
The North by Northeast (NXNE) Music & Film Festival and Conference is renowned for showcasing the best new independent music and music-related film. Since its launch in 1994, NXNE has become recognized worldwide as the place for fans to see great performers at intimate venues, for musicians and filmmakers to get vital local and international exposure, and for industry professionals to meet and exchange new ideas about the biz. Catch North by Northeast XIV, June 12 – 15 2008 at over 40 venues in downtown Toronto.