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Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of songs from their discography. (NR, 128 min.)
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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).
Starring: Michael Esper, Kathryn Gallagher, Stephen Malkmus, Mark Ibold, Scott Kannberg, Bob Nastanovich, Steve West, Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Tim Heidecker
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Genre: Music, Documentary
"It’s impossible not to be won over."
— Stephen Saito, Variety
"Captures the artistry, ingenuity and humor of its subject better than an encyclopedic history ever could."
— Luke Hicks, Little White Lies
"Splicing together real archival video, fake documentary footage about the making of a fake biopic, and real conversations with the present-day band, Pavements is delightfully chaotic."
— Sasha Geffen, Sasha Geffen NPR
"A thrillingly creative music documentary that serves as a loving tribute to the band. The sense of fun that Alex Ross Perry is having behind the camera is both palpable and infectious."
— Matthew Turner, NME (New Musical Express)
"A tip of the hat for the underground heroes and a beautiful, outright creative portrait of their essence, the slacker repertoire, and the music world they shaped one shrouded pop record at a time."
— Hector A. Gonzalez, InSession Film
"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?"
— Adam Solomons, 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."
— Siddhant Adlakha, Mashable
"Beavis & Butthead (hilariously) suggested Pavement needed to 'try harder.' You certainly can’t lob that criticism at Alex Ross Perry, who crafts a mock-biopic, art installation and jukebox musical all in service of a heartfelt documentary tribute."
— Adam Kempenaar, Filmspotting
"A joyous, slyly subversive celebration that, while unlikely to persuade newcomers to the music, nevertheless catches the band’s wayward spirit, as well as the downright ordinariness that came as an alternative to the bloated rock band ethos."
— Jonathan Romney, Screen International
