Kurt Cobain: About a Son

Kurt Cobain: About a Son
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	AJ Schnack
Produced by	Ravi Anne
Narrated by	Kurt Cobain
Starring	Kurt Cobain
Music by	Steve Fisk Ben Gibbard
Cinematography	Wyatt Troll
Editing by	AJ Schnack
Distributed by	Balcony Releasing
Release date(s)	September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10) (Toronto) October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Kurt Cobain: About a Son is a documentary about Kurt Cobain that debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. It is directed by AJ Schnack. It was produced by Sidetrack Films. It features audio of interviews between Cobain and journalist Michael Azerrad done for the book Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, set over ambient cinematography of the places which Kurt Cobain called his home, mainly Aberdeen, Olympia, and Seattle. The film has played numerous film festivals, and was nominated for the 2007 Independent Spirit's Truer than Fiction Award. The DVD, which was released by Shout! Factory in February 2008, includes bonus interviews and commentary by Michael Azerrad and A.J. Schnack. Shout! Factory also put out the documentary's first Blu-ray edition on October 6, 2009.

Soundtrack

1. "Overture" - Steve Fisk and Ben Gibbard
2. Audio: Never Intended
3. "Motorcycle Song" - Arlo Guthrie
4. "It's Late" - Queen
5. "Eye Flys" - Melvins
6. Audio: Punk Rock
7. "My Family's a Little Weird" - MDC
8. "Banned in D.C." - Bad Brains
9. "Up Around the Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10. "Kerosene" - Big Black
11. "Put Some Sugar on It" - Half Japanese
12. "Include Me Out" - Young Marble Giants
13. "Round Two" - Pasties
14. "Son of a Gun" - The Vaselines
15. "Graveyard" - Butthole Surfers
16. Audio: Hardcore Was Dead
17. "Owner's Lament" - Scratch Acid
18. "Touch Me I'm Sick" - Mudhoney
19. Audio: Car Radio
20. "The Passenger" - Iggy Pop
21. "Star Sign" - Teenage Fanclub
22. "The Bourgeois Blues" - Leadbelly
23. "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" - R.E.M.
24. Audio: The Limelight
25. "The Man Who Sold the World" - David Bowie

Rock and Roll - Bother Nich

1. "Museum" - Mark Lanegan
2. "Indian Summer" - Ben Gibbard

External links

• Kurt Cobain About a Son
• Kurt Cobain About a Son at AllRovi
• Kurt Cobain About a Son at the Internet Movie Database
• Kurt Cobain: About a Son at Rotten Tomatoes