Thursday, September 8th at 7:30 PM
Courtney Barnett in
ANONYMOUS CLUB
Members $10 | Public $15
Shot on vivid 16mm film over a three-year period, Anonymous
Club chronicles notoriously shy, Melbourne-based musician Courtney
Barnett’s ups and downs on the world tour for her album Tell Me How
You Really Feel. Featuring Barnett’s unguarded narration from her audio
diary, recorded on a Dictaphone provided by filmmaker Danny Cohen,
the film delivers frank and unprecedented insight into Barnett’s creative
process, the sacrifices and inner conflicts set in motion by fame, and the sometimes-dark
backdrop to her whimsical, relatably poetic compositions. This feature
documentary project was initiated in 2018 by Cohen, who has been collaborating
for many years with Barnett on her award-winning and highly imaginative music
videos. Danny spent three years on tour in Europe, the U.S., and Asia, and at
home in Melbourne, filming with Barnett as a one-man crew, shooting on a 16mm
camera, customized to record sync sound. In tandem with filming, at the
suggestion of Danny, the notoriously guarded Barnett kept an audio diary on a Dictaphone.
These unmediated reflections capture Courtney’s internal struggles — from her
own confidence and self-perception, to the pressures of fame, to understanding
her place in music and as an artist navigating the world around her. (Australia, 2022, English, 83min., NR |
Dir. Danny Cohen)
