Saturday, February 10, 2007

Last Days



The Last Days of Kurt Cobain, by Gus Van Sant.

Sounds in the movie:

1. Tree leaves rustling
2. Waterfall
3. A campfire crackling
4. Shotgun's shoulder rest hitting wood floors
5. Car speeding out of the driveway
6. Drums reverberating in a warehouse
7. Guitar played in a car on the highway

Of course, the music was nice too.

2 comments:

September said...

I loved this movie. I loved that it wasnt trying to be real. It just took an idea from a real event and became something else. But at the same time its spooky how accurate it feels. On the other side I hated Walk the Line, the movie about Johnny Cash, a movie that plays a persons life in a span of 2 hrs. what a joke. Im so angry.

Konrad Newman said...

i liked it a lot, too. It felt really sensitive to his life, and death. It all makes sense. It all feels right, whether truth or fiction.

i haven't seen Walk the Line yet. Initially i was turned off by it due to its casting, then i just never got around to seeing it...

But i totally see what you mean by how ridiculous it is to try to capture an entire life in just 2 hours.

Seeing Last Days is like a meditation on a moment of a life. But as you watch, even without its depiction, you can feel the presence, or essence, of the life that lead up to that moment.