Pavements, dir. Alex Ross Perry, USA 2024, 128 min., 15, English
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From Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Listen Up Philip), and a singular voice in post-mumblecore cinema—comes Pavements, an irreverent, genre-defying portrait of the iconic ’90s indie rock band Pavement. Premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, this formally adventurous film blends archival vérité, contemporary documentary, ironic jukebox musical, satirical biopic, and mockumentary, collapsing the boundaries between memory and myth, reality and performance.
As Pavement gears up for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour, the film charts a surreal behind-the-scenes journey through a series of meta-narratives: a Broadway-bound musical based on the band’s discography, a museum exhibition devoted entirely to their cultural footprint, and a knowingly absurd Hollywood dramatization starring Joe Keery as frontman Stephen Malkmus.
With its layered approach and winking irreverence, Pavements challenges the conventions of music documentary storytelling—offering a refreshingly inventive, self-aware, and absurdly heartfelt tribute to a band that defined an era.
As Pavement gears up for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour, the film charts a surreal behind-the-scenes journey through a series of meta-narratives: a Broadway-bound musical based on the band’s discography, a museum exhibition devoted entirely to their cultural footprint, and a knowingly absurd Hollywood dramatization starring Joe Keery as frontman Stephen Malkmus.
With its layered approach and winking irreverence, Pavements challenges the conventions of music documentary storytelling—offering a refreshingly inventive, self-aware, and absurdly heartfelt tribute to a band that defined an era.
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