2022 Directed by Andrew Dominik
Like all musicians in 2021, Nick Cave was unable to connect with his audience in person. He uses this concert film to break the vocal and instrumental silence, talk about himself and perform songs from “Ghosteen” and “Carnage”, with help from Warren Ellis.
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One More Time With Feeling is my favourite documentary, is about the recording of one of my 5 favourite albums Skeleton Tree, by my favourite band ever Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Cave himself is easily the most important songwriter of my life, and I’ve heard every Bad Seeds album and Cave side project dozens of times, to the point that they’re as much a part of me as my hands and feet. One More Time With Feeling is a crushing film about immediate grief, indescribable pain and the suffocation of attempting to continue breathing. it is ostensibly a film about the completion of an album that was written before Nick Cave’s son Arthur died tragically, but the music…
Whether on purpose or not, Andrew Dominik pulled a "Sandra Bullock/Halle Berry" last year. That is, he made one of the worst (and, according to a few too many, most offensive) pictures from last year, while also making one of the best and most spectacular concert films ever.
While I do enjoy some of Nick Cave and Warren's collaborations, particularly their work on "Coward Robert Redford," I wouldn't call myself a fan. But, as with Nils Frahm, this film piqued my curiosity in the artist to new heights. The setting and presentation were so simple, yet so effective, that it felt like being transported to heaven, where angels chant while Nick Cave threatens to blow someone's brains out. Warren's unexpectedly…
“A whole lot of terrible shit happens when me and Warren get into a room”
as much about the music as the friendship of two artists who are as defiant of industry trends as they are each other’s desires and demands; that so much harmony results is a testament to collaboration (or Warren just being subordinate)
beautiful stuff
This Much I Know To Be True. 2022. Directed by Andrew Dominik.
Nick Cave et al. being artists soothes my mind and leaves me with a feeling of hope in This Much I Know To Be True. Caves talent for ceramics is brilliant and inspiring. Great little MUBI documentary by upcoming director of Blonde (2022) on Netflix (28 September 2022). Dominik also directed Brad Pitt in Killing Them Softly (2012).
“In time, we all find out we’re not in control. We never were, we never will be. But we are not without power.“
If One More Time With Feeling is death, then This Much I Know to Be True is rebirth.
Nick Cave’s music is extremely personal to me, so the only way I can accurately describe how I felt while watching this very intimate performance of his is as nothing short of a spiritual experience.
I don’t think there’s any lyricist in the world who manages to portray the human experience as well as he does, and if you somehow manage to listen to Hand of God or White Elephant without being moved to tears then you’re a stronger person than me.
Perhaps Nick Cave’s art resonates the most with those who have higher sensibilities. But like all lovers and sad people, I am a poet.
Ahead of his hotly anticipated Marilyn Monroe biopic, Andrew Dominik transports us to an intimate, behind-the-scenes gig with legends Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. As cameras pan them in a hypnotic circle dance, this soaring concert film is a testament to the search for meaning amid darkness.
Now showing exclusively and (almost) globally, in stunning 4K here.
I really hope that Andrew Dominik's collaborations with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis never comes to an end, because there's only so much that I feel we could see coming forth out of the two of them in the years forth on the basis of both this and One More Time with Feeling. Perhaps that's also in part because Nick Cave is one of my favourite contemporary musicians, especially because of how much his music reflects the tragedies he'd gone through within life, and as expected, the feeling just completely swamps you all around.
Just stunning.
Despite that I’m mostly new to Nick Cave and his music, I came to listen to good music and was not disappointed.
Incredible performances from the entire crew and the songs are so good. The part where they sing White Elephant was magical cause it’s filled with so much energy and passion behind it. The documentary elements are interesting and fascinating, as it focuses on Nick and Warren’s life outside of their music. I love Nick’s advice to those may feel lost in life or afraid to do something daring. I even like how this was shot overall.
It’s a great documentary with a lot to offer for fans of Nick Cave and music in general.
I could go for a whole feature length documentary of just Nick Cave showing off his little ceramic devil sculptures and telling us their stories.
