Broomfield interviews Tom Grant, a private investigator who has alleged that Love may have conspired to kill her husband, and wants the case re-opened by the Seattle Police Department. Īfter establishing the background the film moves on to detail the accusations that Cobain was murdered. This interview is followed up with several from friends and schoolteachers who knew Cobain when he was growing up before moving onto Cobain's relationship with Courtney Love. Broomfield then interviews Cobain's aunt Mary who helped his love for music when he was a child. The film begins with a recap of Cobain's death and the media coverage which followed. While the initial focus of the film was to explore the possible murder of Cobain, Courtney Love's refusal to license any of Cobain's music, and her unwillingness to speak on camera was used by Broomfield as evidence of her censorship of free speech. However, when shown on the BBC, the film contained Nirvana's 1991 performance of " Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Top of the Pops. Broomfield removed all of Nirvana's music, and replaced it with music from bands mainly from the Seattle area. The film was due to play the Sundance Film Festival but Love threatened to sue the festival's organizers if they screened the film. Īs Broomfield investigates the claims surrounding Cobain's death, his emphasis moves from the murder theories and onto an investigation of Love herself, including an accusation that she supports the suppression of free speech, and her fame after Cobain's death. Cobain was legally declared to have committed suicide but has been alleged by some, to have been murdered, in some allegations at Courtney Love's instigation. The documentary begins as an investigation of the circumstances surrounding Cobain's death and the theories which sprung up afterwards. Kurt & Courtney is a 1998 British documentary film by Nick Broomfield investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Kurt Cobain, and allegations of Courtney Love's involvement in it.
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