Watch the Nick Cave documentary 'Stranger in a Strange Land'
Stranger in a Strange Land, a documentary created by Bram van Splunteren, offers an insight to Nick Cave's Berlin years and early formation of The Bad Seeds.
faroutmagazine.co.ukThe piece Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1987 Dutch TV film by Bram van Splunteren, captured amid Cave's Berlin years and showing rehearsals with the Bad Seeds and scenes from Mark Reeder's flat. It stages Cave amid Berlin's nocturnal, alienated milieu and emphasizes his persistent artistic drive despite rough periods. The film is cited as a snapshot of Cave's early formation and Berlin period, with emphasis on his mood, poverty, and changing persona during that era. It is narrated as part of Cave's transition from London's post-punk scene to a more mythic, self-styled figure that would define his later career. The documentary remains a reference as a key visual record of his 1987 period and the Bad Seeds' creative work.