Pavements Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Pavements is a movie about Pavement the band—among other things. The latest film from acclaimed director Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell) is a documentary that may or may not be entirely true, may or may not be totally sincere, and may or may not be more about the idea of the band—or any band—than a history of the short-lived, passionately loved, commercially marginal Nineties American alternative group Pavement. This unconventional film about a highly unconventional band incorporates a stage musical, rock biopic, gallery exhibition, archival footage, and contemporary observational footage to create a film as irreducible, uncharacterizable, and entertaining as the band and its music. Anchored by Pavement’s slacker-sage-sphinx, Stephen Malkmus, the film features performances by Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Tim Heidecker, Kathryn Gallagher, Michael Esper and Zoe Lister-Jones, and editing by nonfiction innovator Robert Greene (Procession).
"A reminder that the fourth (and fifth and sixth) wall can be smashed, that the rock doc can be reinvented. And that when the message is meta for meta’s sake, why not make the medium that way, too?" - Indiewire
"In an age of musical biopic plenty, this semi-ironic, postmodern take — which runs through Perry's part drama, part documentary, and part mockumentary — may be just what the doctor ordered." - Mashable
"Captures the artistry, ingenuity and humor of its subject better than an encyclopedic history ever could" - Little White Lies
"Pavements is perfectly Pavement-y." - Exclaim!
"It’s impossible not to be won over" - Variety
Release date: NYC 5/2, LA 5/9 and Nationwide 6/6. Tickets Coming Soon
"A reminder that the fourth (and fifth and sixth) wall can be smashed, that the rock doc can be reinvented. And that when the message is meta for meta’s sake, why not make the medium that way, too?" - Indiewire
"In an age of musical biopic plenty, this semi-ironic, postmodern take — which runs through Perry's part drama, part documentary, and part mockumentary — may be just what the doctor ordered." - Mashable
"Captures the artistry, ingenuity and humor of its subject better than an encyclopedic history ever could" - Little White Lies
"Pavements is perfectly Pavement-y." - Exclaim!
"It’s impossible not to be won over" - Variety
Release date: NYC 5/2, LA 5/9 and Nationwide 6/6. Tickets Coming Soon
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00:00Stephen I would never do anything to compromise your integrity what if it
00:13really was like a moment like this you've been chosen as an extra in the
00:19movie adaptation of the sequel to your life
00:26Were you a kid in the 90s? We were a band called Pavement. We were big on MTV.
00:56It's good for my career. Maybe win an award or something. I can't play Billy Joel.
01:01I always was hoping that it was music for the future. I think everyone who's
01:10not that successful in their time tries to think that. Well if you're trying to sound
01:14cool and smart you're gonna talk about Pavement. That's right.
01:27It's the one band like I don't know how to talk about. I love them so much.
01:34I was obsessed with Slanted and Chanted. They're like the slacker Rolling Stones
01:38of the 90s. My first Pavement album truly like changed my life. I heard Pavement
01:43for the first time six weeks ago. Wowie zowie. I love to say it.
01:49Look at these guys. The band that ruined Lollapalooza.
02:00You're struggling over some notes. Probably have an ulcer over there.
02:06Sounds stupid. Really stupid. I'll try to look like you. You try to look like me.
02:13It's becoming like a thing. I can't even believe I'm calling him Joe. I don't
02:16think I really want to be Steven. I don't want to be Steven anymore.
02:21I thought it was supposed to be fake. This is all real.
02:28Obviously we're telling a story about Pavement but it's a story about mankind.