"This is the best day, because there is no tomorrow" (from Kurt Cobain).
Since April 5, 1994, Nirvana’s lead singer Kurt Cobain chose to pass away in a decisive manner, and documentaries about him have continued to appear every other time. Many Cobain documentary creators have learned from their own understanding. , Conception and processing, to present the Kebain in their minds in a way that seems to touch the veins of Kebain’s spiritual world and seems to be close to the truth. In fact, any documentary about the deceased is the subjective of the creators Intentions may be close to the truth of the event, but they cannot be the most appropriate expression or interpretation for the deceased.
It can be seen that the ambition of the documentary "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck), released in 2015, which tells about the short life of Cobain, cannot be underestimated. To be the "most authoritative" and "most comprehensive" interpretation of his life, after watching the film, it is hard to avoid thinking that if Cobain himself saw this documentary, he might leave a sentence: I'm not there.
Many music fans choose to watch this documentary, probably because it "reasonably" stated that this documentary has been fully authorized, including Kobain’s daughter and widow, and collected a large number of Kobain’s diaries, sketches, and home videos. And unpublished recordings, and use this to show that there is sufficient material to elaborate a most authentic Kobain. Judging from the reactions of some senior fans after viewing it, it seems that they did not buy it. When evaluating this documentary from a relatively objective perspective, they will feel biased. Those who use Cobain’s diary, text fragments, and emotions The accidental and imaginary animation scenes, although enriching the film’s images and extending the artistic expression, but in a sense, it reduces the authenticity and credibility of a documentary, and it is always creative. Cobain imagined everything, and seemed to take this into consideration, and the film was wisely named "The Montage of Troubles."
Of course, the deceased can no longer speak for themselves. Usually, the "visit" of the living to the deceased is bound to have more or less subjective factors. This is understandable, but in the documentary, there seems to be some overwhelming in terms of material selection. For example, the lack of the media or media people’s current voices that it has attacked made this documentary lose another position, attitude, and voice, which made the documentary lack of evidence and unbalanced. Ambitious ideas cannot be achieved.
For some young generations who only look at faces, the cute little Cobain, the beautiful boy-like Zhengtai Cobain, and the decadent beauty-like adult Kobain are enough to fast forward and watch a few minutes, if any of them want to take this The film came to learn more about the old rock idols and their works that were inaccessible due to the age. Obviously, they may only get a broken interpretation. Those seemingly rich and dazzling images have relatively hollow cores, which makes people feel sorry. There is a sentence in the diary of Cobain that was shown in the film: "I use other people’s scattered personalities to piece together my own. Individuality.” In fact, Cobain himself is full of individuality, but the documentary itself presents the characteristics of patchwork and disorganized temperament. It is pieced together with scattered text, imaginary animation, part of Nirvana’s music, and one-sided interviews. The documentary film is unlikely to achieve the effect that the real audience wants.
Cobain once said: "I just want to live a simple life, I should be like this, I should be like this." However, his tortuous and sad growth experience, sensitive and slender nerves, spurting talent, and disease-ridden body made him doomed. He can't live a simple life, and he doesn't seem to have the psychological foundation and family conditions necessary to live that kind of life. "I don't care, whether I wither alone, I don't care, whether I can think." Maybe Ke Ben doesn't care whether he withers alone, but he might care whether he can think, maybe because of too much thinking, his life is obscured.
Victor Hugo said: "The human heart can only tolerate a certain degree of despair. The sponge has absorbed enough water. Even if the sea flows over it, it cannot add a drop of water to it." People can't. Accurately judge what is the last straw to crush Kebain, but what can be guessed is that he was already overwhelmed at the time.
"This is the best day, because there will be no tomorrow."
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