This is a mixture of portraits of the group Pavement. One is a record of a pop up museum, one is a bio pic, another coverage of their 2022 reunion tour, another is a collection of archival footage and another is a jukebox stage musical. All of these things are inter-cut together to make a one of a kind portrait.
This is an interesting film that is going to play best for fans of the group. The reason for that is the group did not a want a typical portrait for the group, as a result there is no real effort to really tell the story of the group but its instead a collection of impressions. While I know some of their music, I know nothing about the group so as a result I could only surf on the moments.
Strangely surfing actually works. Once the film gets going , about 20 or 25 minutes, there is something enjoyable about bouncing from the various pieces. While I would have love to have seen all of the various parts complete, based on the talk at the New York Film Festival Q&A it was probably best we didn't.
I enjoyed the film, but realistically, if you aren't a Pavement fan you can probably skip this.
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