Still from One More Time With Feeling (Iconoclast, 2016)

Iconoclast · 2016

One More Time With Feeling

Nick Cave writing at a desk, in black and white, in One More Time With Feeling

Andrew Dominik's black-and-white portrait of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds recording Skeleton Tree, in stereo 3D, released for one night worldwide and extended by demand. Best 3D Documentary at the 2017 AIS Awards Europe.

What it was

One More Time With Feeling follows Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds through the recording of Skeleton Tree. The film explores grief and how it affects creativity, and Andrew Dominik uses stereo to put the audience at the heart of the emotion rather than for spectacle: the depth does a crucial job in the film's intimate portrait of Cave and the making of the album. Shot in black and white, it holds a distinct visual tone without losing sight of the people and events on screen.

It played as a one-night-only screening at venues worldwide on the night before the album's release. Demand extended the theatrical run for several more days of sold-out screenings, and again for a short run some months later.

Technical approach

Stereo supervision and the 3D grade by Vision3. Stereo supervisor Angus Cameron worked closely with Andrew Dominik and post-production supervisor Richard Lloyd to supervise and design the film's stereoscopic vision.

In their words

  • Sometimes Dominik's 3D camera drifts through solid surfaces, including people, doors and walls.

    RogerEbert.com, Simon Abrams · Read ↗

  • In fact, throughout, it really feels as though the 3D, which is so often used as a gimmick to add a level that is not present in the storytelling, is vital: there is so much to say and so much oceanic feeling to try and encompass, Dominik needs that third dimension, just to be able to cram it all in.

    The Playlist, Jessica Kiang · Read ↗

  • What's most singular about the project - beautifully shot in black-and-white 3D, which often gives the images a beguiling disembodied quality - is that in addition to providing access to the creative process and deepening the album experience, it serves as a profoundly affecting reflection on the pain of parents who have lost a child.

    The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney · Read ↗

  • is this the best handheld 3D we've yet seen?

    The Playlist, Jessica Kiang · Read ↗

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