
AndrewDominik’scareerhasbeencrossingpathswithNickCave’ssince2000’sChopper,whichwasscoredbyoriginalBadSeedsmemberMickHarvey.Sevenyearslater,CavewrotethemusicforTheAssassinationofJesseJamesbytheCowardRobertFord,assistedbyanotherbandmate,WarrenEllis.Thenextstepinthisdecade-longfriendshipandpartnershipwasthe2016filmOneMoreTimewithFeeling,inwhichCavechosetopresenthisalbum“SkeletonTree”,havingwithdrawnfromallpromotionaltoursandinterviewsafterhisson’sdeath.In2021,Caveonceagainfoundhimselfunabletoperformliveonstage,onlythistimehesharedhispredicamentwithmusicianseverywherewhowerealsoobligedtogiveupaudiencecontactonaccountofthepandemic.Andso,forthesecondtime,cinemabecomesthepreferredmeansofbreakingthevocalandinstrumentalsilence.Besidessnippetsofconversationsandmusingsbetweenthemusiciansandthedirector,Dominik’senvelopingcamerascaptureanintensestudiosessionwithCaveandEllis(withaMarianneFaithfullcameo)featuringpianoandstring-dominatedtracksfromthelatestalbums,2019’s“Ghosteen”and2021’s“Carnage”.




