![]() ![]() Morgen is no stranger to buzz: On the Ropes went on to receive an Oscar nod, and The Kids Stays in the Picture, about Hollywood wild man Robert Evans, and 2012’s Crossfire Hurricane, which pillaged The Rolling Stones’ bottomless archives, were both met with resounding acclaim. Unfortunately his interviews were conducted too late for the edit.) (Dave Grohl is conspicuous in his absence. Frances Bean Cobain sits in as executive producer. ![]() Courtney Love and his family opened Cobain’s private archives to the director, as well as providing candid interviews, alongside Krist Novoselic and Kurt’s former girlfriend Tracy Marander. Three children and seven features later and Morgen’s back to premiere, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck-the first officially sanctioned Kurt Cobain documentary, which makes its televised premiere on HBO on 5.4. Sometimes the 46-year-old and his wife joke that they might never have met had the annual SXSW film and music festival been as insanely crowded and sloppily drunken way back then as it is today. Morgen was one of nine audience members another person in that slim number was his future wife. While there, he also happened to attend the screening of his friend’s film in the 320-capacity Austin theater known as The Paramount. Back then he was touting his boxing documentary, On The Ropes. It’s been sixteen years since filmmaker Brett Morgen was last at SXSW. ![]()
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