article_snippet.sent: Kurt got to the point where Kurt eventually had to sacrifice every bit of who
article_snippet.sent: Kurt was to Kurt art, because the world demanded it of Kurt," the late Kurt Cobain says bluntly at one point.
article_snippet.sent: I think that was one of the main triggers as to why Kurt felt Kurt didn't want to be here
article_snippet.sent: and everyone would be happier without Kurt.
article_snippet.sent: It's the closest thing to having Kurt tell Kurt own story in Kurt own words -- by Kurt own aesthetic, Kurt own perception of the world.
article_snippet.sent: When Brett and I first met, I was very specific about what I wanted to see, how I wanted Kurt to be represented.
article_snippet.sent: I told Kurt, "I don't want the mythology of Kurt or the romanticism.
article_snippet.sent: Even though Kurt died in the most horrific way possible, there is this mythology and romanticism that surrounds Kurt, because Kurt's 27 forever.
article_snippet.sent: Kurt has gotten to icon status because Kurt will never age.
article_snippet.sent: Kurt will always be that relevant in that time and always be beautiful.
article_snippet.sent: It's a stripped-down version of Kurt's perception of himself -- of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation.
article_snippet.sent: If Kurt had just been another guy who abandoned Kurt family in the most awful way possible . . .
article_snippet.sent: Kurt inspired people to put Kurt on a pedestal, to become Kurt.
article_snippet.sent: Kurt became even bigger after Kurt died than Kurt was when Kurt was alive.
article_snippet.sent: I found it interesting that the way Morgen told Kurt's story didn't evoke any sympathy for that viewer -- that Kurt's art did not resonate with him.
article_snippet.sent: they look at Kurt, and you can see they're looking at a ghost.
article_snippet.sent: Dave said, "She is so much like Kurt.