![]() ![]() Brett’s admiration for both artists is depicted so differently, homing into completely different aesthetics whilst simultaneously still holding their talent to the highest regard. These films in no way glamourise their chosen subjects, but instead guide you through their stories in a more visceral approach, offering fragments of what one may feel in such a position of musical success. Arguably Morgen’s biggest picture to date, the award-winning Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck focused on the life of Nirvana’s lead singer Kurt Cobain through personal archives, using music and sound collages to explore his life.īrett returns to musical documentary for his new feature Moonage Daydream, a film that he refers to in our interview as the “light” that contrasts the darkness of Montage of Heck. His first music documentary Crossfire Hurricane in 2012 and really introduced the world to Brett’s distinct storytelling methods. Brett then went on to make The Kid Stays in the Picture, a biopic about the film producer Robert Evans (The Godfather, Rosemary’s Baby). ![]() ![]() ![]() The film studied three aspiring boxers and won Morgen the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary by the Directors Guild of America. Morgen began making documentaries whilst studying for his MFA at New York University in the 1980s, going on to release his first feature On The Ropes. Brett Morgen’s ethereal odyssey of David Bowie’s life isn’t his first love letter to a musician. ![]()
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