Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/11/2025
19:30 - 21:45
Location
Electric Palace cinema, 39a High Street, Hastings TN34 3ER
PAVEMENTS
An irreverent portrait of the iconic ’90s indie band Pavement, blending genres of documentary, satirical biopic and playful mockumentary, collapsing the boundaries between reality and fiction.
Director: ALEX ROSS PERRY
128 MINS/ 2024 / USA / ENGLISH
The second instalment in the new First Tuesday strand, PAVEMENTS is an irreverent, genre-bending portrait of the iconic ’90s indie rock band Pavement, blending authentic archival footage, contemporary documentary moments, an ironic jukebox musical, a satirical Hollywood biopic, and playful mockumentary sequences, brilliantly collapsing the boundaries between reality and fiction.
Interwoven with genuine archival footage and featuring the band members themselves alongside a cast of actors and comedians, PAVEMENTS humorously examines fan obsession, myth-making, and the cultural mechanics behind fame. This uniquely layered exploration challenges the traditional way stories about musicians are told with artistry, absurdity and humour, culminating in a refreshingly inventive and endearingly self-aware tribute to an unforgettable band.
“Alex Ross Perry’s slippery experimental mockumentary ‘PAVEMENTS,’ a film about the 1990s slacker band behind Slanted and Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, is as gleefully idiosyncratic and as suspicious of mainstream success as the band and its fans.” **** Rogerebert.com
Presented in association with Harry Lebowski from Hombre, a mainstay in the local music and poetry scene. Harry is inspired heavily by the american indie rock/punk/grunge scene of the 90s, and will be paying homage to his self-proclaimed favourite band, Pavement.
This will include a short set of acoustic covers of his favourite Malkmus masterpieces and originals inspired by the band and documentary themselves. Feel free to sing along.
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