Shooting star : the definitive story of Elliott Smith

Rees, Paul (Music journalist)2024

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In 2003, Steven 'Elliott' Smith died from two stab wounds to the heart. To this day, the autopsy evidence remains inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted or the result of homicide. Either way, this tragic end to Elliott's short-lived though prodigiously talented life became the dark denouement of a story riddled with depression, mental illness, addiction and chronic substance abuse. Yet it is also a story of worldwide critical acclaim, of Oscar nominations and of some of the finest recorded music of the late twentieth century. Now, two decades after Elliott's death, 'Shooting Star' seeks to encapsulate the many complexities of this shy, funny, engaging, enigmatic musician and his desperately troubled soul.