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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Courtney Barnett’s Anonymous Club review – a deeply intimate portrait of creativity and anxiety

Courtney Barnett’s longtime friend Danny Cohen (left) cut almost 30 hours of footage into 83 minutes, which are narrated by her voice memos.
Courtney Barnett’s longtime friend Danny Cohen (left) cut almost 30 hours of footage into 83 minutes to create the documentary Anonymous Club, which is narrated by Barnett’s voice memos. Photograph: Bri Hammond

“I overthink what I need to say, and then I don’t say anything. Maybe it’s more useful just to talk.”

So says Australian musician Courtney Barnett in the revealing new documentary Anonymous Club, a film so intensely personal it almost borders on claustrophobic, as we enter the anxious mind of one of Australia’s most loved contemporary rock musicians.

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