There are meta-movies, and then there’s Alex Ross Perry’s “Pavements.” This biography of the iconic ‘90s alt-rock group Pavement cannot even contain its self-reflexivity and inventive ambition to just the medium of cinema.
Perry builds a mammoth monument to his subject in place of the genre’s hoary cliches with this multi-disciplinary hybrid film. “Pavements” clearly manifests the stamp of formal pioneer Robert Greene, who serves as both the film’s editor and producer.
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