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, filmed during Cave's Berlin years and showing rehearsals with the Bad Seeds and scenes from Mark Reeder's flat. It depicts Cave amid Berlin's nocturnal, alienated milieu and emphasizes his persistent artistic drive despite rough periods. The film functions as a snapshot of Cave's early formation and Berlin period, with focus on his mood, poverty, and changing persona during that era. It tracks 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 continues to be referenced as a key visual record of his 1987 period and the Bad Seeds' creative process.