Nick Cave Nick Cave i(A5494 works by) (a.k.a. Nicholas Edward Cave)
Born: Established: 1957 Warracknabeal, Hopetoun - Warracknabeal - Murtoa area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion
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1 y separately published work icon The Complete Lyrics 1978-2022 Nick Cave , London : Penguin Books , 2022 24961785 2022 collected work lyric/song

'The complete collection of Nick Cave lyrics spanning his entire career, from 1978 until 2020, revised and updated by the cult rock star.' (Publication summary)
2 6 y separately published work icon Faith, Hope and Carnage Nick Cave , Sean O'Hagan , Sean O'Hagan (interviewer), Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2022 24685228 2022 single work autobiography interview

'Drawn from over forty hours of interviews, Faith, Hope and Carnage is a thoughtful book about Nick Cave's inner life over the last six years, a meditation on big ideas including, faith, art, music, grief and much more.

'Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O'Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave's own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.

'The book examines questions of faith, art, music, freedom, grief and love. It draws candidly on Cave's life, from his early childhood to the present day, his loves, his work ethic and his dramatic transformation in recent years.

'From a place of considered reflection, Faith, Hope and Carnage offers ladders of hope and inspiration from a true creative visionary.'  (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Stranger Than Kindness Nick Cave , United Kingdom (UK) : Canongate , 2020 18508199 2020 single work autobiography

'This highly collectible book contains images selected by Cave from 'Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition', presented by the Royal Danish Library in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne. Featuring full-colour reproductions of original artwork, handwritten lyrics, photographs and collected personal artefacts, it presents Cave's life, work and inspiration and explores his many real and imagined universes. Images are paired with commentary and meditations from Cave and celebrated writer Darcey Steinke on themes that are central to Cave's work.

'Stranger Than Kindness asks what shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and celebrates the curiosity and power of the creative spirit.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 4 y separately published work icon The Red Hand Files Nick Cave , Australia : Nick Cave , 2018 19958437 2018 website correspondence On this website, Nick Cave invites fans to ask questions and comments.
1 5 y separately published work icon The Sick Bag Song Nick Cave , United States of America (USA) : Canongate , 2015 8449831 2015 selected work poetry autobiography diary essay

'The Sick Bag Song is an exploration of love, inspiration and memory shaped around the events of Cave’s 2014 tour of North America. It began life scribbled on airline sick bags during Cave’s 22-city tour of North America in 2014. It soon grew into a restless full-length contemporary epic. Spurred by encounters with modern day North America, and racked by romantic longing and exhaustion, Cave teases out the significant moments, the people, the books and the music that have influenced and inspired him, and drops them into his Sick Bag.

'The Sick Bag Song blends poetry, lyrics, memories, musings, flights of fancy and journal entries. Both mythic and contemporary, it lies somewhere between The Wasteland and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and explores and develops the imaginative universe of Nick Cave.' (Publication summary)
1 14 form y separately published work icon 20,000 Days on Earth Nick Cave , Iain Forsyth , Jane Pollard , ( dir. Iain Forsyth et. al. )agent United Kingdom (UK) : Corniche Pictures Film4 Pulse Films British Film Institute , 2014 7232709 2014 single work film/TV

'Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave. With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process, the film examines what makes us who we are, and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit.' (Source: Pulse Films)
1 20 form y separately published work icon Lawless Nick Cave , ( dir. John Hillcoat ) United States of America (USA) : BlumHansonAllen Films , 2012 Z1859563 2012 single work film/TV historical fiction crime 'Lawless is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic outlaw tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant's family in his novel The Wettest County In The World, the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave.'

Source: Lawless, official website, http://lawless-film.com/
Sighted: 03/10/2012
1 Extraordinary Friends Nick Cave , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Vagabond Holes : David McComb and the Triffids 2009; (p. 145-146)
1 Opium Tea i "Here I sleep the morning through", Nick Cave , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 1300)
1 Losing Libby Nick Cave , 2009 extract novel (The Death of Bunny Munro)
— Appears in: The Age , 1 August 2009; (p. 14-15)
1 'You're Drunk.' (Which Was True) 'Ask Me in the Morning' Nick Cave , 2009 extract novel (The Death of Bunny Munro)
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 28)
18 22 y separately published work icon The Death of Bunny Munro Nick Cave , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2009 Z1552653 2009 single work novel Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the scent of adventure to the lonely housewives of England's south coast. Set adrift by his wife's death he hits the road one last time - with his young son in tow. As Bunny swaggers from door-to-door hawking his wares and feeding his libido, nine-year-old Bunny Junior waits in the car seeking the comfort of his mother's ghost and watching his father self-destruct. Haunted by his appetites, jealous husbands and a serial killer in a devil suit, Bunny Munro is a desperate man. And he's going to die. (from Text Publishing website)
1 33 form y separately published work icon The Proposition Nick Cave , ( dir. John Hillcoat ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Autonomous Jackie O Productions Pictures in Paradise Surefire Film Productions LLP , 2005 Z1216692 2005 single work film/TV thriller western crime (taught in 8 units)

'Set in the 1880s, [The Proposition] opens in the middle of a frenzied gunfight between the police and a gang of outlaws. Charlie Burns ... and his brother Mikey are captured by Captain Stanley... Together with their psychopathic brother Arthur, ... they are wanted for a brutal crime. Stanley makes Charlie a seemingly impossible proposition in an attempt to bring an end to the cycle of bloody violence.'


Source: Nick Cave's website (http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/)

Sighted: 20/09/2005
1 2 y separately published work icon Complete Lyrics Nick Cave , London : Penguin , 2001 Z1394228 2001 selected work poetry
1 2 y separately published work icon The Complete Lyrics Nick Cave , London : Penguin , 2001 Z893934 2001 selected work poetry prose
1 Love is the Drug Nick Cave , 2001 extract
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 16 June 2001; (p. 26-[29], [31]) The Complete Lyrics 2001;
1 As I Sat Sadly by Her Side i "I sat sadly by her side", Nick Cave , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 March 2001; (p. 18)
1 Gospel According to Mark Nick Cave , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 November 1998; (p. 4)
3 1 y separately published work icon King Ink II Nick Cave , London : Black Spring Press , 1997 Z399732 1997 selected work poetry
1 form y separately published work icon To Have & to Hold Gene Conkie , Nick Cave (composer), Mick Harvey (composer), Blixa Bargeld (composer), ( dir. John Hillcoat ) Australia : Small Man Productions , 1996 7026005 1996 single work film/TV thriller mystery

'Jack's expatriate life in remote Papua New Guinea is violently disrupted by the death of his beloved wife Rose. Much later, during a business trip to Melbourne, he meets Kate, a writer of romance novels, and passionately in love they return to the jungle together. All would be well except for Jack's growing obsession with Kate as he fantasises that she is his dead wife. Unravelling the dark secrets surrounding the death of Rose, Kate soon begins to fear for her life. A haunting romance noir about obsessive desire and unrelenting guilt.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 12/2/2014)
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