Enter the grinderman

The one and only Warracknabeal poet, he of the red right hand and near-pornographic moustache, is headed for Red Hot Shorts in just over a week. Hosted by Gusto Films, the monthly showcase of all things concise and cinematic returns next Friday with a session devoted to the reigning king of Australian rock; the wilful, the brooding, the brilliant Nick Cave.
Cave emerged in 1973 with The Boys Next Door, later known as The Birthday Party, a hugely influential goth rock collective from Melbourne that disbanded in 1983. In 1984, he founded the even more profoundly influential group, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, with whom he released the seminal albums Henry's Dream, Murder Ballads and The Boatman's Call. The Bad Seeds toured and recorded continuously until 2006, before entering the chrysalis to re-emerge as the mangy, snarling critical darlings, Grinderman.
Over the years, Cave has stretched his dark fingers into all manner of art forms, from writing (The Death of Bunny Munro), to screenwriting (The Proposition), acting (Ghosts...of the Civil Dead) to soundtrack composition (The Road). Along the way, various pieces of short film have been created in his name or with his involvement, from music clips to documentaries to narrative fiction.
Join us for a trawl through Nick Cave's shorts, including the 1979 clip for 'Shiver' by The Boys Next Door and a host of others, footage of Cave reading from The Death of Bunny Munro and a documentary piece in which Cave's friends discuss 'Do You Love Me' and 'Red Right Hand'. Should be a grim and dramatic evening.
Red Hot Shorts' Nick Cave spotlight is on Friday 23 September at 7.30pm.
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