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Erik WilsonCast:
Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone, Warren Ellis, Earl Cave, Martyn P. Casey, George Vjestica, Jim SclavunosPlots(1)
20,000 Days On Earth is an inventive, lyrical ode to creativity and an intimate examination of the artistic process of musician and cultural icon Nick Cave. In their debut feature directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard fuse drama and documentary, weaving a staged day in Cave's life with never-before-seen verité observation of his creative cycle. It features those who have affected his life, including wry tales from the road shared with his regular collaborator, the multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis; actor and friend Ray Winstone; and Kylie Minogue, who shared a duet with Cave in the breakout hit "Where the Wild Roses Grow." These voices from the past revisit Cave in daydream-like scenes as he sits behind the wheel driving through his adopted hometown of Brighton, England. (Drafthouse Films)
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As a musician, Nick Cave is a big unknown to me, and I've never listened to him, or at least not knowingly. I know him more as the author of the book "The Death of Bunny Munro," where he caught my attention because he definitely has literary abilities that seem to be reflected in his lyrics as well. A specific perspective on a personality I don't know, but who intrigued me.
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Black Priest Nick Cave ceased to be human around the year 2000. When he writes a song, he leaves a child alone in a room with a Mongolian psychopath and a unicycle clown he shoots, he doesn't remember much about the 1980s, and watches Scarface with his sons. It's definitely not a normal documentary (if it is a documentary), but it surprised me with its accessibility and especially its non-depressiveness. It shows Cave as a funny guy with an extremely charming look who used to do a lot of drugs, but today is happiest when he can write and hang out in the studio with Warren Ellis and the rest of his gang.
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