The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
Directed byJohn Dower[1]
Written byJohn Dower
Produced byBBC
StarringKurt Cobain
Release date
2006
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain is a 2006 BBC documentary about the last hours of the life of Kurt Cobain who was the front man of American grunge band Nirvana.[2]

Premise

The documentary details the last 48 hours of the life of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain leading up to his death in April 1994, including details such as how he used to frequent the Aurora Avenue in Seattle to use drugs.[3] The documentary was directed by John Dower whose works also included the boxing documentary Thrilla in Manila,[1] and Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop.[4] The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain includes interviews with stars such as Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan,[4] who coincidentally sat next to Cobain on a flight back to Seattle shortly before he committed suicide.[5][6][7] The documentary also features interviews with Charles R. Cross who wrote the Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, Cobain's grandfather Leland Cobain, Sub Pop photographer Charles Peterson, Chad Channing who was Nirvana's drummer before being replaced by Dave Grohl, producer Jack Endino, and Melody Maker journalist Everett True.[8]

The last 48 hours of Cobain's life was subsequently not detailed in his official 2015 HBO documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck.[9]

Reception

In 2015, The Hairpin ranked The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain sixth in their A Definitive Ranking of Every Kurt Cobain Movie Ever Made.[10] In a 2014 review, Open Culture stated that "Much more than its title suggests, the hour and twenty minute doc works well as a biography of Cobain and a brief history of Nirvana and the Seattle scene that birthed them".[11]


References

  1. ^ a b Siegel, Tatiana (April 15, 2015). "Tribeca: 'My Scientology Movie' Filmmakers Were Confronted by Church Members During Shoot". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain". BBC Online. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Seminara, Dave (March 25, 2014). "Chasing Kurt Cobain in Washington State". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "DUFF MCKAGAN Featured In New KURT COBAIN Documentary". Blabbermouth.net. February 13, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Duff Mckagan Says He Was One of The Last People to See Kurt Cobain Alive". Blabbermouth.net. October 24, 2004. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Robinson, Joe (October 23, 2011). "Duff Mckagan Heckled About Kurt Cobain at Book Signing". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  7. ^ Cross, Alan (July 10, 2014). "GnR's Duff McKagan Recalls Kurt Cobain's Last Ever Airline Flight". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain - Full Cast & Crew". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  9. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (November 25, 2014). "'Humanistic Portrait' of Kurt Cobain Coming in HBO, Universal Pictures Intl. Docu". Variety.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  10. ^ Slone, Isabel (April 24, 2015). "A Definitive Ranking of Every Kurt Cobain Movie Ever Made". The Hairpin. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2020.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Watch the Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain on the 20th Anniversary of the Musician's Suicide". openculture.com. April 5, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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