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Courtney Love Sets the Record Straight
- The Sundance premiere introduced Antiheroine, a documentary where Courtney Love guides her own narrative about past fame and present life.
- Filmmakers Edward Lovelace and James Hall allow Love to speak candidly about a life shaped by media scrutiny and personal turmoil.
- The documentary documents Love’s return to music and collaboration with Butch Walker while she works on new material.
- Love’s new material includes a track called 'Liz Taylor Blue' and contributions from Michael Stipe and Melissa Auf der Maur.
- Antiheroine frames Love as a survivor who confronts myths about her life and accepts accountability.
- The film contrasts intimate scenes in Love’s London apartment with retrospective footage from her earlier career.
- The documentary notes Love’s autumn years and aging in public as a bold, transgressive stance.
- The film acknowledges the controversy and even a late black-and-white sequence that may prompt caution from viewers.
- The piece notes the film’s aim to balance truth with accountability rather than myth-making about Love.
- The review highlights the doc’s blunt honesty as a counterpoint to mythology surrounding Love.
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