By Alejandra Fretes
HBO’s highly anticipated documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, debuted April 23 in numerous cities across North America and was met with critical acclaim.
The film chronicles the intimate life of the late guitarist and singer Kurt Cobain of the grunge rock band Nirvana, and was brought to life with the combined efforts of his daughter, executive producer Frances Bean Cobain and filmmaker Brett Morgan.
Montage of Heck features previously unreleased personal footage from the Cobain estate, offering an honest and raw look into the personal life of the troubled rock star. The documentary also includes interviews with his bandmate Krist Novoselic, Cobain’s mother and the infamous widow, Courtney Love Cobain.
First public screening in North America.Just learned that we broke the theatre record for advanced tixs. pic.twitter.com/gR9U0TgPJh
— Brett Morgen (@brettmorgen) April 24, 2015
“I feel very strongly that [Kurt Cobain] would be exceptionally proud of this film” – @alka_seltzer666 on #MontageOfHeck — HBO (@HBO) April 22, 2015
Courtney Love @Courtney will speak about ‘Montage of Heck’ at the Tribeca Film Festival tonight with @neilstrauss and @brettmorgen
— Kurt Cobain (@montageofheck) April 19, 2015
Frances Bean Cobain on ‘Montage Of Heck’ film: ‘I didn’t know Kurt but I think he’d be very proud’ http://t.co/8WiUUuZ5e6 — NME (@NME) April 24, 2015
The new Kurt Cobain documentary ‘Montage of Heck’ is “a film about our whole generation.” http://t.co/eKeuEgt5my pic.twitter.com/mrVEZxwB2z
— VICE (@VICE) April 21, 2015
We gave @HBO‘s ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ an ‘A.’ Here’s why: http://t.co/fchsxSqKRT pic.twitter.com/V8Q9Iqtr2U — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) April 22, 2015
Review: HBO documentary “Montage of Heck” is an empathetic look at the life of Kurt Cobain http://t.co/s0p4NpRn5P
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 23, 2015
Rave reviews just released in Entertainment Weekly, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, NY Times, Salon. 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. #MontageOfHeck — Brett Morgen (@brettmorgen) April 24, 2015