Pavements

Pavements (2025)

"You've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life"

'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.

Date of release
2025-05-02
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (17)
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Comedy, Music, Documentary
Director
Alex Ross Perry

Casting

Interesting facts

Pavements is a 2024 American experimental musical biopic concert film written, co-produced, and directed by Alex Ross Perry. It is a docufiction about the American indie band Pavement, incorporating scripted scenes with documentary footage of the band, a musical stage play consisting of songs from their discography, and a museum devoted to their history.

Production

Matador Records first approached Perry about creating a film with the band, except that frontman Stephen Malkmus wasn’t interested in hiring a documentary filmmaker, instead wanting to hire a screenwriter who would not write a screenplay. Inspired by the elliptical nature of that request, Perry conceived a version of the project that would defy explanation, comparing it to a film about Bob Dylan that combined D.A.

The film's production included the creation of "Pavements 1933-2022: A Pavement Museum", a touring museum exhibit composed of real and fake artifacts from the band's history.

The production of Slanted! Enchanted! was the first attempt to create a work of musical theater for Perry, who had previously worked with Pavement on a music video for their song “Harness Your Hopes” and aided in creating the aforementioned Pavement Museum.

Keegan DeWitt and Dabney Morris, film composers and previous collaborators with Alex Ross Perry, worked on the arrangements, re-contextualizing the indie rock slacker songs into the big broadway musical parlance. Cinematographer Robert Kolodny created the on-stage projections which play throughout the entirety of the performance. John Arnos created the set and Amanda Ford designed the costumes.

Michael Esper was cast in the lead of the show, with actor/director Zoe Lister-Jones and Kathryn Gallagher also appearing.

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