2014 · documentary · music
20,000 Days on Earth
Directed by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard1h 37m2014
A semi-fictionalized documentary about a day in the life of Australian musician Nick Cave's persona.
Our read: 20,000 Days on Earth (2014) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive documentary · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured documentary / music, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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