Watch The Trailer For The Quiet And Revealing Courtney Barnett Doco, ‘Anonymous Club’
Filmed over the last three years, the film will give unprecedented, intimate access into the life and career of Barnett.
Quiet young folks everywhere, you’re in luck: the trailer for the Courtney Barnett documentary Anonymous Club is here.
Courtney Barnett fans may know that the award-winning lachrymose lyricist’s fourth album dropped last week. What folks may not know is that along with the album, Things Take Time, Take Time, Barnett has also shared a preview of the documentary made about her career, Anonymous Club.
Filmed over the last three years, the film will give unprecedented, intimate access to the private life of Courtney Barnett. Behind the camera in the director’s chair is Danny Cohen. Cohen has collaborated with Barnett in creating her many music videos including the video for ‘Everybody Hates You’ and ‘Need A Little Time’.
In tandem with exclusive footage, the notoriously introverted and guarded Barnett kept an audio diary on an analogue 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.
Recording her innermost thoughts on a dictaphone, Courtney begins her slow acceptance of Danny Cohen’s camera over the course of the documentary. This unique filming process mirrors Courtney’s gradual search for purpose and emergence as an artist embracing her place in the world.
If you’ve ever pondered on the creative process behind Barnett’s signature melancholic ballads, Anonymous Club promises to slowly lift the curtain. For NME, critic Belinda Quinn wrote of the film; “Cohen’s documentary is really distinguished by the magnifying glass it puts on the thought processes of the world-renowned indie-rock artist. Against a backdrop of adoring crowds and picturesque roadside landscapes, Cohen captures Barnett struggling to overcome a creative lull.”
Anonymous Club premiered at Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney film festivals earlier this year — there have been a few trailers floating around for those screenings — but this is the official trailer for the film. It’s due for a full theatrical release in March 2022.