“I Saw Nick Drake”
Nick Drake, c. 1969. No footage of the adult Drake exists; he was only ever captured in still photographs and in home footage from his childhood.
Watched a bit of Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake last night, and that fact cited above is now kind of obsessing me.
With the amount of 16mm Kodachrome that was floating around in that era (I’ve got found footage of doctors on holiday, mildly well off people at the cottage, etc…) it’s a crime that the label didn’t bother shoot anything. Throwing the A&R assistant into the audience with a Bolex, even.
