Review: 20,000 Days on Earth

REVIEW: For a film like this, you almost need two reviews: one for the fans, for whom Nick Cave’s rambling musings will never be less than treacle to their ears; and one for filmgoers who may be only mildly interested in the Australian rock star as an Actual Person but may appreciate the twist on the documentary artform. With those caveats in mind, here’s the rundown: Cave has collaborated with British artists Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth to produce a necessarily self-conscious, sometimes delightful, often ponderous, mash-up of the documentary trope

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