Pavements
Synopsis
The iconic, ironic ‘90s slacker-rock band Pavement gets its own appropriately wry and subversive music doc in the latest from indie-film iconoclast Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip, Her Smell). Famous for their 1994 hit “Cut Your Hair” (“songs mean a lot / when songs are bought”), the band, known for its lo-fi sound and ingenious lyrics, was heralded by critics and sparked a cult following. But the mainstream always remained elusive.
In Pavements, Perry envisions an alternative reality where mercurial frontman Stephen Malkmus and the other members of the band are the subjects of a hot Hollywood biopic, an off-Broadway jukebox musical, and a pop-up museum exhibition, which all seem to be actually happening. Or are they? With hilarious making-of scenes featuring Jason Schwartzman and Tim Heidecker as record executives and Joe Keery as Malkmus, Pavements manages to be both a heartfelt tribute to the band and an absurdist deconstruction. It’s the ultimate movie adaptation of the sequel to their lives.
Screenings & Events
Screening
Fri, Oct 25 @ 8:30pm CDT
at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 06
Producer/editor Robert Greene
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Film Credits
- Alex Ross Perry, Robert Greene, Peter Kline, Danny Gabai, Craig Butta, Lance Bangs, Alex Needles, Arrow Kruse, Chris Lombardi, Gerard Cosloy, Patrick Amory and Gabe Spierer; executive producers are Ian Montone, Rick Yorn, Harper Simon, Dave Ayers, Sara Lord, Merck Mercuriadis, Betsy Hershey, Michael Karbelnikoff, Robert Schwartzman, Cole Harper, Jonny Gordon, David Ruttenberg, Stu Goldstein, Alice Rhodes, Nick Quested
- Alex Ross Perry
- Robert Greene
- Robert Kolodny
- Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Nat Wolff, Fred Hechinger, Logan Miller, Griffin Newman, Tim Heidecker, Michael Esper, Zoe Lister-Jones, Kathryn Gallagher, Stephen Malkmus, Scott “Spiral Stairs”, Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Steve West, Bob Nastanovich
- Keegan DeWitt, Dabney Morris
- Alldayeverday, Pulse Films, Matador Records, Field Recordings, Hypgnosis, WW7 Entertainment, LBI Entertainment, Monotone Inc, Goldcrest Films
Sponsors
Documentary Program Partner
Documentary Program Patron
Cynthia Stone Raskin