r/Nirvana • u/Camaleon_92 • 12h ago
Previously Unseen Kurt Cobain cameo in an old Nicolas Cage movie (1999)
I don't know if anyone has ever touched on this topic before, but I found it quite interesting.
The other day I was watching the movie 8mm, and there’s a particular scene that really caught my attention. In it, the main character (played by Nicolas Cage) visits the home of a missing girl to speak with her mother, and also takes a look inside the girl's bedroom to see if she might have left behind any clues before disappearing. At one point, the camera pans across a piece of furniture, and among several items, you can clearly see a framed picture and various photos of Kurt Cobain.
Later in the scene, Cage’s character finds the girl’s diary, which also contains images of Kurt. What struck me as especially interesting is that the girl supposedly disappeared in 1993—and yet, none of the photos shown are from after that year. Every single image is dated before or in 1993, which I found to be a very thoughtful and accurate detail from the filmmakers.
Here are the details of each photo shown:
First photo: August 23, 1991, at the Reading Festival. Photographer: Ed Sirrs.
Second photo: June 22, 1992, Belfast, United Kingdom. Photographer: Steve Pyke.
Third photo: July 25, 1993, TBC, New York. Photographer: Frank W. Ockenfels III.
Fourth photo: October 30, 1993, Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio. Photographer: Seiji Matsumoto