New Cobain-narrated documentary planned

NME is reporting about plans to produce a new documentary about Nirvana. Uniquely, the documentary will be "narrated" by Kurt Cobain himself using material culled from more than 25 hours of interview tapes recorded with Michael Azerrad between December 1992 and March 1993.

Azerrad previously wrote Come As You Are, often considered the definitive Nirvana biography, and the source material for the film comes from the same interview sessions as the book. About 95 minutes of the interview will be used to narrate the film which will not include interviews with any other figures from Cobain's life. The film will also avoid the use of Nirvana archival footage instead focusing on the frontman's perspective, influences and personality. It is also unclear how Cobain's music will figure into the film.

Since the suicide of Cobain in 1994, a number of releases have been release posthumously, including Greatest Hits, the With the Lights Out box set and the live recording, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. This year saw the release of the rarities compilation Sliver: The Best of the Box.