20,000 DAYS ON EARTH (Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, 2013)
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves.
Presale September 5 at 12 noon, tickets on sale to general public September 6, 12 noon
Event takes place Saturday, September 20
www.thetownhall.org
www.nickcave.com
For more than forty years, Australian singer, songwriter, novelist, film composer, screenwriter, musician, lecturer, honorary doctor of laws, actor, and father Nick Cave has been a beguiling and intriguing figure in the entertainment world, leading such bands as the Birthday Party, the Bad Seeds, and Grinderman while imparting his outrageous views of contemporary society. “I am Nick Cave and there is no going back to what I was,” the tall, lanky Cave said at the BIGSOUND 2013 conference in Brisbane last year. “And on some level, I see that as being successful in my job and on the other hand sometimes it’s fucking exhausting.” Cave looks back at his life and career (he turns fiftyin the new film 20,000 Days on Earth, a mix of fiction and nonfiction, fantasy and reality from first-time directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who specialize in cultural reenactments. Winner of the World Cinema Documentary editing and directing awards at Sundance, 20,000 Days on Earth opens at Film Forum on September 17, but there will be a very special screening at Town Hall on September 20, with Cave, who will turn fifty-seven two days later, participating in a Q&A with Forsyth and Pollard in which fans can send in questions in advance via Twitter (@drafthousefilms, #20000Days); the directors will also be making appearances at Film Forum opening weekend. In addition, Cave will be giving a very rare solo performance at the event. Tickets go on sale to Cave’s mailing list and website on September 5 at noon and to the general public September 6 at noon. It should be an amazing night with one of the world’s greatest, and strangest, entertainers.