'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway musical adaptation of their songs, a museum devoted entirely to the band’s legacy, and a shamelessly awards-baiting Hollywood biopic.
Direction
Alex Ross Perry's controlled chaos—three films worth of ideas, one band.
Writing
The fake biopic script is cringe perfection; you'll quote it ironically forever.
Director
Alex Ross Perry
Stephen Malkmus
Self
Scott Kannberg
Self
Bob Nastanovich
Self
Mark Ibold
Self
Steve West
Self
Rebecca Clay Cole
Self
Gary Young
Self (archive footage)
Joe Keery
Stephen Malkmus
Nat Wolff
Spiral Stairs
Fred Hechinger
Bob Nastanovich
Logan Miller
Mark Ibold
Griffin Newman
Steve West
Tim Heidecker
Gerard Cosloy
Jason Schwartzman
Chris Lombardi
Michael Esper
Essem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The off-Broadway musical sequences were shot at actual NYC venues with real theater actors who thought it was a real production until halfway through filming.
Perry conceived this after Pavement's 2010 reunion tour, but waited until their 2022 return—making the film's 'present day' already nostalgic for itself.
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