20,000 Days on Earth

Name: 20,000 Days on Earth
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2014
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 3.6
Cast: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone

Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard20141h 37mDocumentary, Biography

Why we chose it

Nick Cave never stops inventing as he plays a version of himself in his own life story, while the filmmakers cut in recordings of the musician talking to a psychoanalyst. Somehow all that make-believe ends up telling more truth than a conventional documentary.

Synopsis

Nick Cave goes through his twenty-thousandth day, one that seems to have been written in advance rather than simply filmed. There’s work at the desk, dinner with his family and a new album to record with the band, while on drives around Brighton, figures from his past keep turning up in the passenger seat.