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1. Shot on location in London & Brighton, Andrew Dominik’s new feature documentary captures Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ exceptional creative relationship as they bring to life the songs from their last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis).

2. In this document of their first ever performances of these albums, filmed in spring 2021 ahead of their UK tour, we see the two, accompanied by singers and string quartet, as they nurture each song into existence.

3. The film features a special appearance by close friend and long-term collaborator, Marianne Faithfull.

4. Shot in colour with cinematography by Irishman Robbie Ryan, this is a companion piece to Dominik’s monochrome Cave doc One More Time with Feeling (2016).

5 It reaches into the deep friendship and personal relationship between Cave and Ellis, something glimpsed in the 2014 Cave pseudo-documentary, 20,000 Days on Earth.

6. The film will prove to be another significant moment in the journeys of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis ( who is a genius!), capturing the mood and spirit of the pair as they move through a new, optimistic phase following the death of Cave’s son.

7. Desperately poignant after the recent death of Cave’s second son.

Andy’s verdict : Into His Arms, O Lord!

Release: In cinemas now.

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