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His Own Private Biopic

Gus Van Sant resurrects the ever enigmatic Kurt Cobain with a lyrical blast from the avant-garde

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Gus Van Sant
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KURTAIN CALL: A decade after his death, a new movie imagines the final days of Nirvana's elusive frontman

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    Ah, yes—the elephant in the room. Has Courtney Love—who "appears" in Last Days as a voice screaming at one of Blake's many roommates over the phone—been invited to see the movie?

    "I want her to see it," says Van Sant, "because I know her and I wanted to offer her the opportunity. She just hasn't had maybe the emotional chance to see it. I think it's a very big thing [for her]. I know that if somebody made a film about someone I knew very well who died, I wouldn't necessarily have to rush out and see it—because I have my own relationship to that person. So I can see why it might take a while. Or, you know, she might not see it at all."

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