A genre-defying examination of the iconic 1990s indie band Pavement that only adds to their mythos. Alex Ross Perry both mocks and idealises the music documentary/biopic, staying true to a band that made a name out of mockery.
2024
Pavements
South Australian Premiere.
Guest in attendance.
Director
Alex Ross Perry
Runtime
128 Minutes
Country
United States
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements blends multiple genres to create a fitting tribute to the band that captured the slacker zeitgeist of the alt-rock era.
A prismatic hybrid of narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, and metatextual forms, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history, and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.
With playful performances from Stranger Things star Joe Keery preparing for the role of Stephen Malkmus and Jason Schwartzman as the band’s exhausted manager, Pavements is both an ode to the iconic band and music films itself.
“Pavements dazzles as a spinning plates act.”
Variety
“Blending fact and fiction in intriguing and unexpected ways, the film is consistently entertaining and can be enjoyed whether you’re a longtime fan of the band or a total newcomer.”
NME
“Pavements is a joyous, slyly subversive celebration that…catches the band’s wayward spirit.”
Screen Daily
Venice, New York, SXSW Sydney
Film Credits
Director
Alex Ross Perry
Year
2024
Country
United States
Language
English
Type
Documentary, Feature & Hybrid
Program Strand
Music on Film, Special Presentations, World Documentaries & World Documentary
Producer
Craig Butta, Alex Ross Perry & Robert Greene
Writer
Alex Ross Perry
Cinematographer
Robert Kolodny
Editor
Robert Greene
Cast
Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Nat Wolff, Fred Hechinger, Logan Miller, Griffin Newman, Stephen Malkmus, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Steve West & Bob Nastanovich
Music
Keegan DeWitt & Dabney Morris
Film Source
Utopia Distribution
Genre
Biographical, Documentary & Music
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