Courtney Love Not Involved With Kurt Cobain Doc Executive Produced by Daughter Frances Bean
An unseen image of Kurt Cobain at home, featured in the film Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, © The End of Music, LLC/courtesy HBO
Next year, HBO will release Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, a new, authorized documentary about the Nirvana singer. Though Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean, is an executive producer on the movie, his widow, Courtney Love, wasn’t mentioned in its press materials.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Love hasn’t been involved with the production “for years,” though it was her who first approached director Brett Morgen with the idea for the documentary. “She gave me the keys to this kingdom and final cut of the film,” Morgen told The Hollywood Reporter. “At a certain point, I started working more closely with [Frances Bean]. We agreed that because Courtney was a subject in the film, it would be best if she wasn’t given editorial control.”
He added: “She hasn’t seen the movie. I’m not sure she’s intending to.”
Update: Morgen clarified to Rolling Stone that Love wasn’t denied editorial control and emphasized that she helped give him access to many of Cobain’s possessions. He said:
She never asked for any editorial involvement. Any suggestion that Courtney was denied editorial involvement couldn’t be further from the truth. It was her idea to let me have control. … While several parties control rights to Kurt’s music, Courtney and her daughter are the sole rights holders to Kurt’s belongings, which are used quite readily throughout the film. In granting me access to his possessions, Courtney gave me permission to use the items in any manner I deemed appropriate for the film.
He also added:
This film would not exist today without the support of Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain and [Cobain's mother] Wendy O’Connor. The trust that has been invested in me by Courtney, Frances, and Kurt’s immediate family has been crucial in allowing me to paint a portrait of Kurt that is both honest, unflinching, empathetic, and effecting. I look forward to sharing this film with audiences around the world in 2015.
When the film was announced last week, Frances Bean tweeted, “I’m really excited for you guys to see Montage of Heck. @brettmorgen created an intense yet wonderful examination of Kurt’s life & art.” Love re-tweeted it.
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