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'Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck' Director Brett Morgen Talks About Challenge Of Unveiling Nirvana Frontman (VIDEO)

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The film 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' is the first on the tragic Nirvana frontman to be released with not just the authority but the help of Kurt Cobain's family, including his widow Courtney Love and daughter Frances Bean, who is listed as an exec producer.

Director Brett Morgen explains here how he was able to get "a portal" into Kurt's mind through the art he created throughout his life, that his mother had fortunately kept in "a Cobain room" where Brett found himself, which enabled the director to present a unique icon in what he calls "a naked and honest manner".

WATCH our exclusive chat with the film's director Brett Morgen above

Brett, who previously made the award-winning documentary about film producer Robert Evans' life, called 'The Kid Stays in the Picture', makes the same use of animation to illustrate some aspects of Kurt's life.

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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of MTV Unplugged at Sony Studios in New York City, 11/18/93. Photo by Frank Micelotta. (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 22: Kurt Cobain attending the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards at Universal City, CA 09/02/93 (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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American singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994), performs with his group Nirvana at a taping of the television program 'MTV Unplugged,' New York, New York, Novemeber 18, 1993. Guitarist Pat Smear is visible at rear right. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during 1993 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) (credit:Getty Images)
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1 -- Aired 09/25/1993 -- Pictured: Musical Guest Nirvana performs 'Heart-Shaped Box' on September 25, 1993 (Photo by Gerry Goodstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during MTV Live and Loud: Nirvana Performs Live - December 1993 at Pier 28 in Seattle, Washington, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) (credit:Getty Images)
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during MTV Live and Loud: Nirvana Performs Live - December 1993 at Pier 28 in Seattle, Washington, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) (credit:Getty Images)
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during MTV Live and Loud: Nirvana Performs Live - December 1993 at Pier 28 in Seattle, Washington, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED STATES - JULY 23: Photo of Kurt COBAIN and NIRVANA; Kurt Cobain performing live onstage at Roseland Ballroom, New Music Seminar, wearing stripy jumper (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rock singer Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994) performs on stage with Nirvana at the MTV Video Music Awards, September 10, 1992. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana (Photo by Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImage) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 30: READING FESTIVAL Photo of Kurt COBAIN and NIRVANA, Kurt Cobain performing live onstage (Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in Concert at the Forum in Los Angeles, California, on December 27, 1991 (Photo by Barry King/WireImage) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 30: READING FESTIVAL Photo of Kurt COBAIN and NIRVANA, Kurt Cobain performing live onstage, wearing wig (Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 30: READING FESTIVAL Photo of Kurt COBAIN and NIRVANA, Kurt Cobain performing live onstage (Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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With its title taken from a mixtape compiled by Kurt when he was a teenager, the film explores how Kurt's turbulent childhood played into his adulthood, into his creativity, and finally into his struggle with fame, culminating in his suicide in 1994. But it also includes previously unseen video footage and pictures, detailing his happiness with his own family, including pictures with Frances Bean, who was only tiny when he died, and has said that, through this film, she got to experience life with her father again.

'Cobain: Montage of Heck' is in cinemas April 10, available to own on Digital Download from 24 April and on Blu-ray and DVD on 27 April. Watch the trailer below...

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