Fans ofNick CaveandWarren Elliswill be given the opportunity to dive behind the musician’s works and see what goes into creating the incredible songs that the duo are known for.Deadlinereports that filmmakerAndrew Dominik, will be spearheading the project titled,This Much I Know To Be True, which will act as a connecting work to 2016’s music documentary,One More Time With Feeling. A heartbreaking work of art,One More Time With FeelingfollowedNick Cave and the Bad Seedsas they recorded their sixteenth studio album,Skeleton Tree, during which Cave’s 15-year-old son Arthur passed away. The film documented the grief surrounding the sudden and unexpected death and how that shaped the rest of the album’s creation.
This Much I Know To Be Truewill put its focus on Cave and Ellis’s creative process and center around the duo’s last two studio albums,Ghosteen(Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) andCarnage(Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). Featured in the documentary will be Cave’s journey creatingThe Red Hand Files- a website formed by Cave that allows fans to write in with questions for the musical artist to answer. Questions range from inquiries about Cave’s puppy or what his favorite poem is to heavier subjects like how to handle grief. Viewers will also get to check out Cave’s visual art studio where he is currently staying busy sculpting a series based on the life of the Devil.
Eying a late 2022 release to coincide with Cave and Ellis’s debut U.S. tour, the film will take audiences to the pair’s premiere showings of the albums across London and Brighton. We will also hear from Grammy nominated artist,Marianne Faithfull, with whom Cave has shared multiple collaborations with.
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While in production forThis Much I Know To Be True, Dominik has also been hard at work writing and directingBlonde, a biopic onMarilyn Monroebased on the 2000Joyce Carol Oatesnovel by the same name. Cave and Ellis are creating the music for theAna de Armasstarring feature which is slated to debut on Netflix at some point in 2022. The filmmaking trio has previously worked together on the gunslinging outlaw movie,The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which starredBrad PittandCasey Affleck.
Aside from his work penning music, Cave has also found success writing scripts. Cave wroteLawlesswhich starredShia LaBeouf,Tom Hardy, andGary Oldmanas well asThe Propositionwhich starredGuy Pearce.
This Much I Know to be Trueis bound to be a cinematically brilliant film as its director of photography is Oscar-nominatedRobbie Ryan, who worked on films includingThe Favourite,Marriage Story, andC’mon C’mon.Amy JamesandIsaac Hoffserve as producers alongside executive producersCharlie Gatsky Sinclair,Brian MessageandBeth Clayton. The film’s editor isMatthew C. HartwithChris Scottserving as the lighting designer. Bad Seed Ltd. Film produced with Uncommon Creative Studios.
While, as mentioned above, no release date is currently set for the film, stay tuned to Collider for more information surrounding this new behind-the-scenes look at the lives and creative processes of Cave and Ellis.
