Re: Cave/Ellis: I listened to THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD hundreds of times while writing my book, TO THE BRIDGE, A TRUE STORY OF MOTHERHOOD AND MURDER. I kept it on CD in my car and, after four years, it disappeared; I suspect a family member could not take hearing it one more time. I still listen to it and consider it the soundtrack to my book
Nancy- I highly recommend Andrew Dominik’s two documentary films with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. One More Time With Feeling charts the time after Cave’s young son died from a tragic accident and the making of the album “Skeleton Tree” and This Much I Know To Be True follows Cave and Ellis during the making of “Ghosteen” and “Carnage,” with a special appearance by Marianne Faithfull. Both films are so emotional and edifying, that it was truly shocking to see Blonde falter in contrast. One More Time With Feeling may be one of the best explorations of grief and creativity through grief I’ve ever seen that I said to my friend after seeing Blonde: “How is it that Andrew Dominik can photograph Warren Ellis’s beard with so much emotion, but there’s no moment that even comes close when his subject is the iconic coif of Marilyn Monroe?”
I’ve not seen Blonde yet, and am surprised by what I’ve read regarding the film…not just because of Dominik’s work on the Cave films but also because of his work on Assassination of Jesse James and Chopper (I’m not a huge fan of Killing Them Softly)
You’re spot on about One More Time with Feeling. Man, that knocked me sideways. I saw Cave’s first performance in the States after the death of Arthur (Brooklyn show) and the emotion in that room and coming from stage was a transcendent experience that’ll stay with me forever
Do you remember if the fetus imagery was a part of One More Time With Feeling? I’m convinced it was (, but haven’t had time to go through it again to check. Tbh Blonde was even more disappointing for me as a Cave/Ellis fan because the score felt a little bit like discarded B-sides from the last 3 albums and that combined with a revisiting of the fetus imagery made the whole thing feel like warmed up leftovers. I could be totally wrong though- my friend who I saw Blonde with who has also seen both Dominik/Cave/Ellis documentaries liked it considerably more than I did.
Re: Cave/Ellis: I listened to THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD hundreds of times while writing my book, TO THE BRIDGE, A TRUE STORY OF MOTHERHOOD AND MURDER. I kept it on CD in my car and, after four years, it disappeared; I suspect a family member could not take hearing it one more time. I still listen to it and consider it the soundtrack to my book
I got a free copy of the audiobook from my library in Columbus.
It will be my October soundtrack.
You got me binging on Edward G. Robinson now, see.
MY WORK IS DONE HERE
BRB need my dictionary
Nancy- I highly recommend Andrew Dominik’s two documentary films with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. One More Time With Feeling charts the time after Cave’s young son died from a tragic accident and the making of the album “Skeleton Tree” and This Much I Know To Be True follows Cave and Ellis during the making of “Ghosteen” and “Carnage,” with a special appearance by Marianne Faithfull. Both films are so emotional and edifying, that it was truly shocking to see Blonde falter in contrast. One More Time With Feeling may be one of the best explorations of grief and creativity through grief I’ve ever seen that I said to my friend after seeing Blonde: “How is it that Andrew Dominik can photograph Warren Ellis’s beard with so much emotion, but there’s no moment that even comes close when his subject is the iconic coif of Marilyn Monroe?”
I’ve not seen Blonde yet, and am surprised by what I’ve read regarding the film…not just because of Dominik’s work on the Cave films but also because of his work on Assassination of Jesse James and Chopper (I’m not a huge fan of Killing Them Softly)
You’re spot on about One More Time with Feeling. Man, that knocked me sideways. I saw Cave’s first performance in the States after the death of Arthur (Brooklyn show) and the emotion in that room and coming from stage was a transcendent experience that’ll stay with me forever
Do you remember if the fetus imagery was a part of One More Time With Feeling? I’m convinced it was (, but haven’t had time to go through it again to check. Tbh Blonde was even more disappointing for me as a Cave/Ellis fan because the score felt a little bit like discarded B-sides from the last 3 albums and that combined with a revisiting of the fetus imagery made the whole thing feel like warmed up leftovers. I could be totally wrong though- my friend who I saw Blonde with who has also seen both Dominik/Cave/Ellis documentaries liked it considerably more than I did.