This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of last days. The last days rosenberg novel, a 2003 novel by joel c. Kurt cobaininspired movie to imagine tortured last days. 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. His whereabouts for that week has remained a mystery until now. The week before kurt cobain was found dead from a single gunshot, he went missing. 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. Here is a clip from the last 48 hours of kurt cobain where a younger version of cactus owner bret chatalas talks one of the last public sightings and meals of kurt cobain on the evening of april 3 rd, 1994.
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. A rock legend named blake, played by michael pitt as a fictionalized kurt cobain, wanders around his mansion or. Last days loosely based on the band and kurt cobain s last days. 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. Im laufe des films wird deutlich, dass blake vor kurzem aus einer entzugsklinik geflohen ist. Gus van sants last days is a film about the death of kurt cobain. Last days is a definitive record of death by gradual drug exhaustion. A 2015 docudrama directed by benjamin statler soaked in bleach followed the last.
Call this latest experiment from director gus van sant cinema as slow death. A rock n roll star seeks solace in the woods in gus van sants drama centered on a kurt cobaintype character. Last days is a 2005 american drama film directed, produced and written by gus van sant. Revisiting the tragic last days of kurt cobain the passage of time has done little to soften the blow the world felt 25 years ago.
Music 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. Montage of heck is a 2015 documentary film about nirvana lead singer kurt cobain. Aside from pitt, the movie features italian actress and model asia argento and lukas haas of. But for the first time, the story of what happened to him can now be told, using the testimony of people who knew him, the witnesses who saw him in that last. 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.
Even though its not half as poignant as the previous elephant, which has similar style, i admire van sant for daring to make such a personal, noncommercial film. A seattle musicians life and career are reminiscent to those of kurt cobain. Grunge as a style is a deliberate way of presenting the self as disposable. While the film is directly influenced by the death of kurt cobain. Released july 22nd, 2005, last days stars michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott patrick green the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of 67 out of 100 on. Here, we take a journey through cobain s life and his career with nirvana through the lens. It has to be next to impossible to make an engaging movie about a depressed, suicidal, antisocial rock star, but writerdirector gus van sant probably comes about as close as can be. Characters use drugs, drink, smoke, and curse casually and frequently including the fk. The final days of kurt cobain are the inspiration for gus van sants latest examination of death and the young philip french sat 3 sep 2005 19. Last days or end time is the time period described by the eschatology of various religions. Its also a film drenched in ennui, something that automatically turns off nearly 34 of viewers.
Gus van sants new film is about kurt cobains last days. Sonic youth revisit their friend kurt cobain in last days. With aaron burckhard, chad channing, don cobain, jenny cobain. The last days of nirvanas leader rolling stone in this investigative report, rolling stone traces cobains final days. He looks like him, he dresses like him, and he acts like him. Last days is dedicated to the suicide of kurt cobain, who led the band nirvana, influential in the creation of grunge rock. 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. 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.
Van sant brings a lyricism, a dreamy sensibility that infuses his detachment with sympathy. Kurt cobain is always one of those people who fascinate music fans. Michael pitt plays kurt cobain, even if the film doesnt call him that. Aaron paul is interested in playing late rock star kurt cobain in the movie of his life. Last days script transcript from the screenplay andor. The film was directed by brett morgen and premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival. Tired of career pressure and constant public exposure, blake michael pitt retreats to his remote home and embarks on an introspective journey. Van sant has written these last days and based them on kurt cobain but i would have liked him to have imagined a bit more detail in his character and perhaps done more than delivered some stroppy teenager silently moping around the place until the inevitable happens and even that is done in a very low key way. 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. Although inspired by the last days of kurt cobain, the film ends with a. Michael pitt plays blake, a rock star who is and is not kurt cobain, in gus van sants last days. Last days of kurt cobain discussion i just read heavier than heaven recently, i never got to read it for a long long time ive been a fan since the mid 90s but im very surprised that i havent read it sooner. Aaron paul wanted to play kurt cobain in a nirvana biopic.
The last 48 hours of kurt cobain tv movie 2007 imdb. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of a musician, loosely based on kurt cobain. Movies kurt cobain inspired movie to imagine tortured last days gus van sant drama promises to ask more questions than it answers. In last days, the elephant in the living room is rock star blake michael pitt as the spitting image of kurt cobain, even wearing the late nirvana leads trademark jack purcell sneakers. Kurt cobain, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of nirvana, remains an icon 20 years after his death. The films 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. It was released to theaters in the united states on july 22, 2005 and was produced by hbo. Sorrow in harmony with the sublime the new york times. Ik denk niet dat deze man kurt cobain moet voorstellen maar dat van sant, kurt. Dwarfed by towering trees, blake slowly makes his way through. Michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott patrick green, nicole. 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. Aaron paul is interested in playing kurt cobain in a biopic.
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. In last days, cobain has been notionally fictionalised into a troubled everystar called blake, played by michael pitt, and this is perhaps partly the result of widow courtney loves eternal. It received a limited theatrical release worldwide and premiered on television in the united states on hbo on april 24, 2015. With charles cross, harvey ottinger, alice wheeler, leland cobain. Gus van sants latest movie last days is just about to be released. Trailer a seattle musicians life and career are reminiscent to those of kurt cobain. While the film is directly influenced by the death of kurt cobain, last days is a fictional story. Gus van sants last days was bound to be be misunderstood from the get go. Last days, gus van sants experimental film loosely inspired by kurt cobains, err, last days, is not one of his best, but its certainly not the worst the psycho remake, anyone. The last days of kurt cobain, in his own words the.
Gus van sants film last days takes an anonymous look at the final days of a very famous rock star. Introspective artist blake is buckling under the weight of fame, professional obligations and a mounting feeling of isolation. One of kurt cobains last meals was at cactus 48 hours. The 2005 movie last days by gus van sant follows the final days of a musicians life, and although its loosely based on what happened to cobain, it follows an original character and story. Last days, which is informed by the suicide of kurt cobain, is a hauntingly beautiful tone poem.
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