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 film Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1987 Dutch TV documentary by Bram van Splunteren, captured amid Cave's Berlin years and featuring rehearsals with the Bad Seeds and scenes from Mark Reeder's flat. It depicts Cave amid Berlin's nocturnal, alienated milieu and highlights his persistent artistic drive despite rough periods. The film serves 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 process.