20,000 Days on Earth
2014 · Movie · NR · 97 min · ★ 7.0 · 89% critics
This semi-fictional documentary follows a famous Australian musician through an imagined day that blends real reflections, personal memories, and performances. As the day unfolds, he thinks about creativity, life, and the stories that shape his work, offering a glimpse into his world without trying to be a standard biography.
Also known as Nick Cave: 20,000 Days on Earth · 20.000 Days on Earth
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-07-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (214 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy intimate music portraits that blur fact and fiction, with personal reflection and live performance; Not for you if you want a straightforward biography or find the style of One More Time with Feeling too self-focused.
Pros: original format; thoughtful reflections; strong performances | Cons: self-indulgent tone; uneven flow; too focused on one subject
Themes
- musician
- woman director
- fictional biography
- part fiction
- portrait of an artist
- semi-biographical
- music documentary
Awards & recognition
- Sundance World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary · 2014
- Sundance World Cinema Documentary Editing Award · 2014
- Grierson Awards
Cast & crew
Nick Cave
as Self
Warren Ellis
as Self
- BB
Blixa Bargeld
as Self
Susie Bick
as Self
- AC
Arthur Cave
as Self
Earl Cave
as Self
- KL
Kirk Lake
as Archivist
- DL
Darian Leader
as Self
Kylie Minogue
as Self
Ray Winstone
as Self
Directed by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard