Cobain: Montage of Heck Page #9

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Brett Morgen
Production: Universal Pictures/HBO
  Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
TV-MA
Year:
2015
145 min
$485,164
Website
1,001 Views


Oh, look at this, she's...

She's kind of upset.

Okay, let's get her naked.

That's what I want.

I want you naked.

"Nirvana!

- Who the f*** do you think you are?

- Ew!

Seeing your

interviews makes me think

you guys are the most immature

pieces of trash ever made.

If you a**holes

could ever write anything

that could come close to anything

Guns N' Roses has written,

maybe you could talk,

but until you sell

a few billion more albums,

take your head out of your

asses and smell the air.

- It smells like Guns N' Roses!

- Guns N' Roses!

- Shy Sue, nine years old."

- Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Okay, enough with the cute voices.

Leave me alone.

I have to read this now.

Especially you.

Don't look at me.

Don't look at me.

Hey!

In an isolation tank,

on 50 hits of Demerol,

as New Age music poisons

the scarce, humid air.

Well, congratulations

You have won

It's a year's subscription

Of bad puns

And a makeshift story

Of concern...

Bog you down.

Tonight from Hollywood,

we bring you

a most unusual broadcast,

starring a famous radio couple

who have never before appeared

in a story of this kind.

This is Kurt Cobain.

I have a lot of things

to say to you.

A lot of f***ing things

to say to you,

you parasitic

little f***ing c*nt.

You're not writing

about my band.

You're writing about how

jealous you are of my wife.

You have absolutely

no f***ing idea

what you're doing.

You will find out.

I don't care if this

is a recorded threat.

I'm at the end of my rope.

Never been more f***ing

serious in my life.

Everything we do...

Develop personal courage,

confidence and belief

in our own abilities...

Make your determination

so strong

that it will eliminate

any situation or circumstance

which stands in the way

of your goal.

Check, check, check, check, check.

Uh-huh,

this looks just like the Metallica video.

This is part of your

rock-u-mentary.

- I think the problem...

- Come on, now.

It really expresses

the way you guys...

You can't just do

what you do onstage.

You can't. You're making an album.

Frances.

Frances, Frances, Frances!

Ha!

Okay, okay.

I have to... Now they're calling me.

I have to work now.

- Take the baby.

- Well, rock on.

Daddy's gotta go rock!

Teenage angst

has paid off well

Now I'm bored and old

Self-appointed

judges judge

More than they have sold

If she floats,

then she is not

A witch like we had thought

A down payment on another

One at Salem's lot...

You said before,

let's make a record to use most of your writing.

I was in the beginning,

about a year and a half ago.

I was completely fed up

with the whole thing.

I didn't want to be

a rock star at all.

It was just...

It was freaking me out, you know.

But I've had two years to recuperate.

That legendary divorce

is such a bore

As my bones grew,

they did hurt

They hurt really bad

I tried hard

to have a father

But instead I have a dad

I just want

you to know that I

I don't hate you anymore

There is nothing

I could say

I haven't thought before

Serve the servants

Oh, no, serve the servants

Oh, no, serve the servants

Oh, no

That legendary divorce

is such a bore.

Nirvana's third

album "In Utero,"

a record with a decidedly

hard-edged sound,

courtesy of maverick

producer Steve Albini,

will make its debut at number one on

Monday's new "Billboard" pop chart.

Nirvana will be starting a U.

S. tour...

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday,

dear Frances

- Whoo

- Happy birthday to you.

You're one! You're one!

One year old!

- Fred?

- The whole night.

Okay with this.

But we've got something to do.

Oh, a parade.

Nice.

Kurt, you can't leave! Come back!

Big Bird parade.

- Would you like some cake?

- What are you doing?

I'm not opening this

till you come back.

Kurt?

- What do you want?

- Kurt, it's Frances' first haircut.

All right?

I'm gonna take the chair out,

put her on her throne.

Yeah, do that.

Should I do it right here?

Kurt, sit her on her throne.

Where's the scissors?

You got them?

- Yeah, somebody's gotta hold...

- I can do it.

No, I'm doing the haircut.

- Mmm...

- So... Yes, I am.

- You're not very skilled at using scissors.

- Yes, I am.

I'm doing the haircut.

I don't have to be

conscious... Oh!

Jesus Christ.

- Okay. Oh.

- You are such a good baby.

- Shall I go down and get a bowl?

- Hey, Brit?

Will you try and find

the classical station on there?

Hey, Kurt... Okay.

This is her Cartier comb.

Mahna.

- Mahna.

- That's right.

Mahna mahna, do do do do do

Mahna mahna, do do do do

Mahna mahna,

do do do do do...

You haven't been eating a lot.

You don't feel like

a bloated child.

Yeah,

you got to force her to eat lately.

She's been sick.

Well,

you really have to force her to eat.

She's not...

She's not motivated to...

We don't have any luck

with it at all.

- This is, like, a big deal.

- I'm so tired.

- I am sorry.

- I can't keep my eyes open.

- Stop it.

- Kurt, you don't want our daughter

to see you behaving

like you're...

on drugs.

I'm not on drugs, I'm tired.

Do you have more teeth?

You have more teeth?

- Please?

- Your teeth were so as a kid.

See? See?

Wife beating.

Here we go.

No, no. Oh, I'll hold her.

"Ow, my pretty golden locks.

- It was going to be as long as Brenda's from '90210.'"

- You look so gorgeous.

You won't be able to believe it.

Ooh, pancake.

You won't be able

to believe it.

Amazing grace

How sweet the sound...

That saved a wretch

Like me

I once was lost

But now am found

Was blind

But now I see...

It just...

Every week it got worse.

And sometimes

he would come home,

I think to hide,

and it was really bad.

He started getting sores

and he was losing weight

and nodding out and...

I was pretty sure

he knew I knew.

But I decided one time

to just confront him.

And so I went up

to his bedroom.

He was sitting on

the side of the bed,

and he was crying,

because I had just arrived and he

knew it was breaking my heart.

And I talked to him about it

and everything that I had

learned about heroin.

And I asked him

if he was at the stage

of where he was addicted

to also the needle prick.

And he burst into tears.

And he was just ashamed.

One of the songs that,

actually,

I really liked on "In Utero"

but which you took off was

"I Hate Myself

and I Wanna Die."

How literal was that song

in terms of the title?

As literal as a joke could be.

I mean,

nothing more than a joke.

- And what kind of...

- Who were you playing the joke on?

'Cause I have to admit,

my first reaction was,

you know,

either this is really intensely satirical

or there's some really

dark sh*t happening here.

I'm really thankful

for a lot of things...

My family, my child.

And every month,

I come to more optimistic

conclusions.

Do you find that you're

getting happier in general?

- Yeah.

- I hope I don't become so blissful

- that I lose...

- Become boring.

Yeah,

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Brett Morgen

Brett D. Morgen (born October 11, 1968) is an American documentary film director, producer and social commentator. more…

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