Directed by Jeroen Berkvens, this documentary traces the life of British rocker Nick Drake, who, after a successful musical career during the late '60s and early '70s, died of a possibly accidental overdose of prescription antidepressants in his parents' home in 1974. Berkvens takes a chronological view of Drake's life, beginning with his youth in Burma, where his father was stationed as an engineer, to Cambridge, where he was able to emerge as a musician, to London, the birthplace of his three acclaimed albums, and ultimately to his parents' home, where he eventually succumbed to his long-term battle with depression. The 48-minute documentary includes musical clips, photographs, footage of his various home environments, and interviews with his surviving family, friends, and associates.
by Tracie Cooper
synopsis
- Rock-music
- Musician's Life
- Singer
- Singing
- Tortured Genius
- Song
- British
- Loner
- Folk-rock
- Career-retrospective
- In A Minor Key
- Isolation
- Loneliness
- Life-story
- Mental Illness