Product: Last Days (2 Disc Special Edition)
Rating: 5.0
Life is as fragile as it is powerful
Having just finished watching Gus Van Sants Kurt Cobain Biopic "Last Days", I would have to say that the number of bad user reviews for this film is disheartening if not totally expected. Admittedly, this film seeks its support from a small group of intelligent free thinkers with depth of personality. You don't have to like Nirvana or even know who Kurt Cobain was to appreciate the beauty in falling down. For those of us who have found ourselves walking the line between the loathing of life's misgivings and the appreciation for the beauty taken for granted, this movie will seem like an old friend.The story line follows the supposed final days of Kurt Cobains life after recently escaping a rehab clinic. You never see the escape but he wears the patient ID bracelet throughout the film. In his disillusionment, he silently reflects on his life and the world around him. Instead of finding the good in his existence, he seeks for the good that will result from his demise. It is often the rational that a suicidal individual uses in order to justify taking their life from the ones who may love them. There is an especially warm scene where a friend (enter Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth), tries to coerce Blake (K.C.) out of his home and onto the road that leads to life. Blake quietly refuses, and his friend leaves empty handed. There isn't much dialogue in the film but to say that very little is said throughout the movie is an absolute injustice. The final scene involves paramedics lifting Blake's body onto a stretcher, only to drop his lifeless shell. Furthermore lending to the common notion of mishandling in the investigation (if you could call it that), following the discovery of his body. While this movie has its motivations and messages, there is something to be taken from it. Life is as fragile as it is powerful. Very nice job Mr. Van Sant. myspace.com/chagrinmusic