The power of Nick Cave had forever hinged on summoning the spirits of the dark. Be it his time as frantic frontman to the clamorous Birthday Party, or since the 1984 start of a menacing solo career…
Be it his time as frantic frontman to the clamorous Birthday Party, or since the 1984 start of a menacing solo career with the floating membership of the Bad Seeds by his side, Cave’s catalog of violence-driven characters and furiously dire narratives cut like a knife, fresh with blood and amped-up with post-punk gospel fervor.
Once known for his distanced, adversarial, bleak and bloody narratives and existentialist murder balladeer persona, a kinder, more optimistic Cave has emerged after 2015’s tragedy.One of the best examples of Cave’s new sense of communion occurred last Friday at Brooklyn’s opulent Kings Theatre. There, Cave opened up to his affectionate audience in a manner rarely revealed in a live musical setting.
Dominik has used Cave and Ellis as his films’ score composers since 2007’s “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” up through 2022’s Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde,” and documented their lives with 2016’s “One More Time With Feeling,” in the wake of Cave’s son’s passing. Dominik has known Cave since their youthful druggy days in Australia.
Dominik was part of the singer’s immediate universe following the 2015 tragedy and witnessed the outpouring of love from fans. The filmmaker notes that Cave was immediately moved and transformed by the experience. “What was shocking to Nick was how much people cared, how much love was directed to him from fans and strangers who’d heard. He was amazed by that in a beautiful way.”
“Nick would read me Red File questions, and the responses he’d given. He’d write it again, and refine each response he was going to give over the course of the week because he felt more and more responsible. This responsibility allows his mind to heal. If someone is asking his advice about some serious situation, Nick has to answer in the best way possible. And that is as good for Nick as it is for the person he is writing to. He wanted to be more useful. He still does.
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