Pavement - Slow Century
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Movie Reviews of Pavement - Slow Century
Movie Review: hark the herald and angels sing
Summary: 4 Stars
finally, the slow century has arrived every so slowly. i teared open the package in the mailbox and see the beautiful artwork: a painting of a tree and a house at night. clearly this is what coomes to mind when i think of the great indie-pendent band pavement the rock band. the slow century contains two dvd discs, a nice booklet explaining how to use dvd discs, and a special compartment containing a ritz cracker (stevin' malkmus' favorite dvd snack food of course (an inside joke for pavement fans of the old-school variety)). every part of the dvd is well produced. the power light on my player seems to glow a little brighter than with normal dvds, but that is to be expected, as is explained on the back of the dvd case. the main problem with this dvd was all the phone calls i got while trying to watch it, the back of the case explains that the power light on your phone may not function correctly when running this movie, but it also explains how to use scissors to disconnect the phone line so meg will stop calling in the middle of the movie. another thing you'll notice about the music videos on this set is that they are a little grainy. the use of a blue-screen in the filming of the videos may have helped this issue, which i only mention for future reference to the video director lance bangs if he decides to make a sequal or even sea squall at some point. this would be appreciated, as the documentary portion only documentaries the main elements of the band: stephens' eccentric guitar stylings and spirals' staircase collection. it seems rude to me also to put a blue box over bob nastanovich's crotch in the photos section, even though he was known to always wear pants in public. so it seems this was unnecessary. when all is said and done and said though, it becomes obvious that slowly creeping to your local indie-pendent rock band dvd documentary video collection market and purchasing this tape is a good idea for fans of the band and non-fans alike, who may be interested more in meeting other customers than shelling out the money for the video. you can of course buy it from amazon too!Movie Review: Finally...
Summary: 4 Stars
I've waited a long time for Pavement to release this DVD and I am extremely happy I finally own a copy. The videos are excellent although there are a few sleepers the commenteries make up for it. The concerts are good although I would've loved to see more Crooked Rain stuff. Hoesntly, I thought the documentary was a little disapointing. There was way too much concert footage throughout that I could've done without(thats what disc 2 is for!). I found that it just got boring to see 2 minutes of talking and 5 minutes of music, making the documentary seem rushed and insufficient. If you want to see a good documentary get Robbie Williams "Nobody Someday." You don't even have to be a fan to enjoy it. Still the live stuff was great even though the filming wasn't top notch and all in all for the reasonable price this DVD is well worth it.Movie Review: Perfect for any Pavement fan
Summary: 4 Stars
two documented concerts and all of their music videos and some alternate versions with commentary from the bands and the directors. As well as a documentary from Lance Bangs about the band's beginnings and ends. Their music videos are so fun that I can watch them any number of times and still enjoy it as I did the first time I've watched them.Movie Review: just about all you want
Summary: 4 Stars
good history/nostalgia coverage. very professional and dreamy artwork all over the place. two shows. videos. perhaps we can call this the *eek* Your quintessential Pavement bookend.Movie Review: Caveat!
Summary: 3 Stars
Okay, I'd like to start by saying that I love Pavement and the videos themsleves are nice to have... I'd only seen the Crooked Rain vids in the 120 Minutes Era (back when MTV would occasionally play a good video-- did the later ones even make an appearance?) even if they are pretty much all the same. "Cute" shots of band in a certain uniform getup, Malkmus singing the lyrics in a bratty manner, typically "indie" looking (see: 8 mm and heavy use of filters) filming techniques and fashion (retro 70's hipster sweaters/shirts, western shirts, the occasional ironic accessory), etc. They are, of course, pioneers of the aesthetic, but it still wears a bit thin after a while... it's only because I love the songs that the cuteness of it all doesn't suffocate me. All of this would be easier to swallow if the band wouldn't constantly diss bands that market themsleves in one form or another. Most fans will be aware of their verbal slights of Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots (fine by me), but after watching this video I discovered they are too cool for R.E.M. as well. I am by no means an R.E.M. fan, but unfortunately this reminded me of interviews I have seen where Malkmus pans Radiohead (after nabbing their producer!), Weezer, Beck, and (I'm paraphrasing, the article is in paper format at home) "any band that is influenced by them". How can one win with Malkus?! Usually I find his honest opinion a breath of fresh air, and I can often see where he's coming from, but it's easy for Steven to make pot shots from his throne as indie prince among NYC's elite. Their snobbiness withstanding, none of this would bother me if this release and Terror Twilight were excellent. (Strangely, I think Malkmus' solo album was great, much better than these two releases and actually funny again... relax a little SM!) But the Slow Century is a missed opportunity. The videos, fine, they weren't trying to make ground breaking stuff, I understand and respect that, but as for everything else in here... ? The documentary seems hastily put together, and does not talk about the breakup at all-- perhaps because the other guys think Steve is [mean], and that would not be a good advertising move for anyone-- and the concert footage is just average, from a weaker-than-best era, sort of like watching new Michael Jordan. At one point Nastanovich says he never believed in their own hype, but it's clear at least SM did... this is one of those rock video releases that seems to be about making money for the band, I hate to say it. See 1991: The Year Punk Broke and Fugazi's Instrument for examples of actually quality rock cinema. Those films (the latter, to a larger degree) utilize a variety of different film techniques, clever edits, and an insight into the people that make the music you love. I would have loved to have seen more talk about their song writing process, recording techniques, album art, etc... it could have gone in so many different directions, and instead all we get is the START of a great rocumentary and a lot of DV footy from 1999 that spends a disturbing amount of time focused on Malkmus. It is dissapointing being hit with the rockstar ego thing from these guys, especially after all the years of mocking the rock idiom. (Shoot the singer?) I remember the Watery Domestic EP's release and being fascinated by their obscurity, hungering for a closer look at this brilliant band. Now I think I have seen too much.