An intimate, illuminating, and emotionally powerful exploration of Nick Cave’s creative process and enduring influence, told through the eyes of his closest collaborators, friends, and the visionaries he’s inspired.
Contributors include filmmakers Andrew Dominik (One More Time With Feeling), Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (20,000 Days On Earth); the legendary directors John Hillcoat and Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire); musical collaborators Warren Ellis and Thomas Wydler (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Flea (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Collin Greenwood (Radiohead) and producer Nick Launay; Nick’s co-author Séan O'Hagan (Faith, Hope and Carnage); the screenwriter and director of ‘The Killing of Bunny Munro’, Pete Jackson and Isabella Eklöf; friends and artistic admirers Florence Welch (Florence+The Machine), photographer Polly Borland, author Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), artist Thomas Houseago, fashion designer Bella Freud, and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.
It is a moving and life-affirming story of inspiration, impact, and influence, the film compellingly charts a path from the transgressive to the transcendental, through the immersive and musical landscapes of Australia, Berlin, and Brighton, via hell and back.
