Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling
Andrew Dominik’s searching music documentary turns Nick Cave’s grief and creative uncertainty into a raw, self-reflexive cinematic meditation.
Overview
A poignant exploration of artistry and grief through the lens of a master musician.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- intimate
- raw
- reflective evening
- quiet weekend
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a formally adventurous, emotionally devastating, and deeply intimate portrait of grief and artistic creation.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film explicitly frames its subject as a portrait of Nick Cave constructing and questioning his own self-image.
The description emphasizes richly raw imagery, imperfections, and hesitant fits of existence.
Nick Cave’s process is presented through meditation, mourning, and the emotional pressure surrounding his music.
The film follows a poet grasping at sensual intuitions while resisting conventional narrative structure.
Films like Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling, and why
The Song Remains the Same
intimate music documentary centered on an artist’s creative process and personal vulnerability
Shut Up and Play the Hits
experimental portrait of a musician blending performance, biography, and reflective self-presentation
PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money
meditative, emotionally raw music documentary using performance to explore grief and artistic identity
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrew Dominik
- Release Date
- 2016-09-02
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 (107)
Cast
- Nick Cave
- Warren Ellis
- Jim Sclavunos
- Susie Bick
- Earl Cave
- Andrew Dominik
- Martyn Casey
- Thomas Wydler
- George Vjestica
- Else Torp
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling about?
- Andrew Dominik’s searching music documentary turns Nick Cave’s grief and creative uncertainty into a raw, self-reflexive cinematic meditation.
- What is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling.
- What did critics think of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a formally adventurous, emotionally devastating, and deeply intimate portrait of grief and artistic creation.
- Which films are like Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling?
- Films with a similar feel include The Song Remains the Same, Shut Up and Play the Hits, and PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money.
- How long is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling?
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling runs 113 minutes.
- Where can I watch Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling?
- In United States, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
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