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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Film Arcade Fire + Donnie Darko Guy.

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Tue, May 13 at 1:10 PM

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Maybe due to the vicious and/or apathetic reactions garnered by Southland Tales, Donnie Darko writer/director Richard Kelly has been keeping really, really quiet about his next film, The Box. One killer new detail has snuck out, though: According to Pitchfork, The Box will be scored by none other than the Arcade Fire.

This could be huge: The Arcade Fire, obviously, are fucking fantastic, and when it’s done right, having pop musicians score films can result in some of the best and most memorable soundtracks out there (Johnny Greenwood’s scores for Bodysong and There Will Be Blood, Vangelis’ Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, Cat Stevens’ for Harold and Maude, and I’m sure there’re a few billion other great ones that I can’t think of right now). Kelly’s also proven himself to be pretty amazing with his use of music, in both Darko and Southland—I mean, holy shit. Look at/listen to this. It’s gorgeous.

So yeah. Anyway: Richard Kelly, Arcade Fire, Twilight Zone… yes. Please.

Comments

It's like we're having a mind meld.

Sparkle Motion kicks ass.

This movie still has no release date beyond "2008," according to Wikipedia. Lame.

My husband and I just watched Southland Tales this weekend and *loved* it. We've been out of the media loop for the past year or so and hadn't heard about it until we saw a preview for it on a DVD rental. As a result, we went into it with few expectations. In fact from the trailer, I thought it was going to be bad. Watching it was like channel surfing a dream.

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