Trailer!: Some Days are Better than Others

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Trailer!: Some Days are Better than Others

POSTED: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 5:20 PM

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Holy indie rock star, Batman! Is that erstwhile Sleater-Kinney member Carrie Brownstein and the Shins' James Mercer? It's not really so shocking with a little research: Director Matt McCormick, who makes his feature length debut, is a Portland-based director who cut his teeth on music videos for both S-K and the Shins, such as this one:

Look how good C.B. is at playing the office drone! But do we believe her as a sadsack Portland-ite? Considering this is from the same producers as Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy and Paranoid Park, I figure this this a small, quiet movie where you don't think anything happens until the end where you figure out a hell of a lot happened, you just didn't notice it at the time. But I'm worried about the weepiness. Old Joy (which also employed indie rock star Will "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Palace Bro." Oldham) and Wendy and Lucy director Kelly Reichardt's films (read Sam Adams' interview with her) are so powerful because they don't come right out and wear the "how long does it take for a heartbreak to heal" sadness on their sleeve. But it does involve Carrie Brownstein and considering I did (and do) want to be a her when I grow up, I'm gonna give it high marks.

Jennifer

Posted 2009-10-07 05:05:42

That's not Carrie in the office for the Jumpers video!

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