Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Offers A Devendra Banhart Cameo, New Vampire Weekend
Michael Cera, who Hollywood has already typecast as Boy Who Must Appear In Movie With Sensitive-Indie-Kid Appeal, is set to star as a funny-and-attractive-but-in-a-totally non-threatening-way love interest to Kat Dennings in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. If you name your movie Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, you pretty much have to hire a focus group to help you identify whatever you can of the indie rock zeitgeist, and then employ as many of those elements into your product and marketing to ensure an air of independent-minded authenticity (see: Bishop Allen acting as one band; BK duo Project Jenny Project Jan acting as another; using a Vampire Weekend song). You can also save money and let the pics you see in US Weekly do the research for you (according to The Playlist, bearded starlet-bedder Devendra Banhart will help Nick & Norah keep it real by walking through some frames in a small cameo). So many musicy things! And more: Soundtrack oversight duties fell to pro Devo dude Mark Mothersbaugh, who also produced the film's exclusive Vampire Weekend song "Ottoman," and the list of songs that make the movie are infinitely notable.
Here's all the music that appears in Infinite Playlist (via playlist authority The Playlist, of course):
Chris Bell - "Speed Of Sound"
Devendra Banhart - "Lover"
The Real Tuesday Weld - "Last Words"
Takka Takka - "Fever"
Band Of Horses - "Our Swords"
Richard Hawley - "Baby You're My Light"
Modest Mouse - "Little Motel"
Project Jenny Project Jan - "Negative"
Dead 60's - "Riot Radio"
Paul Tiernan - "How To Say Goodbye"
Army Navy - "Silvery Sleds"
Shout Out Louds - "Very Loud"
We Are Scientists - "After Hours"
The Submarines - "Xavia"
The National - "All The Wine"
The Raveonettes - "Twilight"
Bishop Allen - "Middle Management"
Vampire Weekend - "Ottoman"
Matt & Kim - "Silver Tiles
And the OSTlist:
01 Chris Bell - "Speed of Sound"
02 Devendra Banhart - "Lover"
03 Bishop Allen - "Middle Management"
04 Vampire Weekend - "Ottoman"
05 The Dead 60s - "Riot Radio"
06 Takka Takka - "Fever"
07 The Submarines - "Xavia"
08 We Are Scientists - "After Hours"
09 Band of Horses - "Our Swords"
10 Army Navy - "Silvery Sleds"
11 Richard Hawley - "Baby, You're My Light"
12 Shout Out Louds - "Very Loud"
13 Paul Tiernan - "How to Say Goodbye"
14 The Real Tuesday Weld - "Last Words"
Apparently there's a montage set to Richard Hawley's "Baby, You're My Light," which should be good for pathos. Check the trailer:
Posted at 1:43 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Michael Cera | Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist | Vampire Weekend
Creditability be damned. I so down with this movie.
Score = 1
grammar be damned too.
Score = 13
another pretty ok book turned into a crappy movie.
Score = -1
because Vampire Weekend makes everything cool.
Except not at all.
Score = -6
We get it. You're not buying this whole "Vampire Weekend are popular and critically acclaimed band" thing. Do us a favor. Do yourself a favor. Move on.
Score = 14
Fake response: Is continuously finding reasons to denounce random pop bands on the internet still a hobby? I thought that when out with Usenet.
Real response: Oh, hey, new Vampire Weekend song! Neat!
Score = -2
i can't. i'm a bitter person.
but i will be seeing this because michael cera is pretty great. and i'll probably enjoy it. then i'll come back here and say i hate vampire weekend some more.
Score = 2
if you don't care about bands like this why are you commenting?
you, my good sir, are a joke.
Score = -5
I hope they don't screw this one up. Great book, great story, near perfect marketing so far... please, please, please live up to the hype.
Even if it doesn't, at least we'll all have a decent soundtrack to enjoy, right?
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Score = 2
I normally like Cera movies, but something about this one rubs me the wrong way.
Score = 2
FAIL
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agree with lost dude... this looks kinda lame. cera needs to challenge himself at this point. not a huge fan of the soundtrack either (save for band of horses, the national)
Score = 3
I declare this The Hipster Douchebag Movie of the Year!
Score = 17
I will maybe most likely see this movie and probably definitely love it and then deny it on Stereogum.
Score = 26
yeah, me too
Score = 3
i just threw up in my mouth a little
Score = -8
Juno 2: Juno Makes A Mixtape
Score = 26
thats hilarious.
Score = 0
I'm not looking forward to this movie. At all. Anyone else?
On the other hand, though, The Real Tuesday Weld FTW.
Score = 0
Garden State v2.0
"OMG have you heard Vampire Weekend before? I swear it'll totally change your life!"
*end scene*
p.s. i will likely also watch and enjoy this film with large quantities of shame
Score = 5
I honestly can't tell if the voice over is being sarcastic or not...
"He's a sensitive musician!"
"She always plays by the rules!"
So generic it approaches parody.
Score = 10
of course its fucking parody, how couldnt you tell that
Score = -1
how nice to see a Chris Bell song used. great songwriter, and his post big star stuff too long forgotten.
Score = 2
oh boy, look, it's michael cera acting like michael cera again! this guy is so one note it's sad. don't get me wrong- i love me some arrested development, but i'm thinking this guy will be lost in obscurity in about five years.
oh, and this movie will be the juno of 2008. crap and shit with decent tunes, totally overhyped as cool and edgy.
Score = 6
if it's an infinite playlist, how can that be all the music?
Score = 20
looks pretty lame! I guess this is the reality bites of the new generation?
Score = 0
@I declare this The Hipster Douchebag Movie of the Year!
It would actually have to be cool and like aloof to qualify for that, no? It's way more dorky, earnest teen flick than hip d-bag. That's definitely a distinction that needs to be made. It's not a "cool" film in any kind of traditionally hipster way, but i think i'm just a stickler for language.
Score = 7
oh man the dmb/college set is going to love this. they will relate to it and *think* all at once.
Score = 3
looks like Hollywood locked a few indie hipsters in a closet, had them jack off in a plastic red solo cup and in turn served it on the coat tails of Juno.
Score = 1
Well I was just waiting for "Very Loud" to be used for some sort of cheesy movie or tv show. I always thought it was going to be Scrubs but this works as well.
Score = 0
Is it just me or does Michael Cera look like he kinda hates being in this movie?
Score = 6
This movie looks like it was made for indie kids, but was made by old people who have no idea what indie kids are and like
Score = 5
Wow. You people really need to grow a set and form your own opinions. Just because this random writer wrote that this movie was uncool on this obviously incredibly authoritative site makes you automatically dislike it? If whoever wrote this said it was the greatest movie of all time you would all be raving.
And I agree with The Playlist. Well put.
If you genuinely like it that makes you cooler for having your own opinions and not caring what random bloggers say.
Score = -7
yeah, have your own opinions and LIKE IT >:(
Score = 0
kat dennings is mega hot though, sons!
Score = 0
i randomly saw a pre-screening dvd of this. if you read the book, you'll be largely disappointed. if you consider yourself a fan of music, you'll leave the theater feeling like the strokes probably feel when they see a jonas brothers video. if you're a 12 year old aspiring to be a cool music snob then you'll tell people it's your favorite movie. and i know for a fact that mikey @ 5:44 pm is 100% correct.
Score = 5
re: @ snorkel snorkel You know what for a fact? I haven't seen the movie, but I do know the director, who is about thirty but has plenty of indie music cred. He also made one great film called "Raising Victor Vargas" that was praised for how geniune it was (though nothing to do with indie music, granted).
I think everyone needs to wait on piling on the hate and snobbery till they actually see the damn film
Score = 5
I take it everyone bashing this hasn't ever seen Arrested Development. Cera kinda gets a lifetime pass for that,
Score = 6
True, but (and I'm saying this as a very big fan of AD) he's also very typecasted. George Michael was nothing like that guy in Juno, and I highly doubt he'll be like his character in this movie. What I'm saying is that he's currently very close to losing his lifetime pass.
Score = 2
If I were still 15 years old, I would be so unbelievably excited for this...
Score = 3
And there's the winner. I read the article and thought, "Okay, let's see who can generate the most repulsive one liner in attack on what will surely be perceived as co-opting "indie" culture into a mainstream movie." Congratulations on the Juno reference...I'm surprised Vampire Weekend escaped your rapier-like wit. Or maybe hating on VW is a little too early-2008.
Score = 0
there's nothing quite like forced quirkiness to make the blood angry.
this movie doesn't deserve michael cera.
Score = 7
it's a teen comedy, people! you're all being phased out. if you want to be cool, start listening to jug bands.
Score = 3
Can somebody tell me why the word 'playlist' is in the title and if it has anything at all to do with the movie? Or is it just marketing, like 'hey, this is a thing that kids like, let's call the movie that thing'?
Score = 1
i still hate vampire weekend, juno, this movie(which i havent seen), and "just threw up in my mouth a little bit." none of this stems from stereogum, i just tend to hate, alot.
Score = 0
everyone can stop being an asshole now. you know you're all going to see it.
Score = 0
I love music, I love movies, and I'm certainly not opposed to the combination of the two. But I'm tired of the whole "look what song is on our soundtrack!" deal-- when did that start, anyway? Was it Easy Rider? Hollywood, listen to us, let the characters sing again, have Alan Menken write the songs, get John Williams to do the score, and stop this nonsense immediately.
Score = 2
guys you're golden man
Score = 0
michael cera seems like a nice guy but he plays the same kinda character over & over again - arrest dev, juno, superbad, and seems like this one too. like the awkward indie who stutters and stumbles...
Score = 1
in five years, the kids who claimed this movie changed their lives when it came out will diss it with every chance they get. by the way, how lame is "garden state", right?! SO lame!
Score = 4
ooooooh. being indie is so hard sometimes. i saw this preview in theatres and i didn't know whether to laugh or scoff.
the old me tells me its funny but the new/hipster/cool me tells me that i should turn my nose up at it.
should i just go ahead and rules things along the lines of "if it hasn't gotten good reviews at film festivals i think its shit"?
Score = 3
It's like every band I haven't liked in the past few years on a single OST! Hooray!
Except for Matt & Kim - that makes me sad.
This is a modern day "Singles" with, dare I say, even worse music.
Score = 2
ha! a "singles" reference. sadly enough, those of us who were around for *that* movie are probably a little too old to be complaining about this one...
Score = 2
You'd think.
Score = 2
When I saw this trailer in the theater of course all the tweens busted a nut laughing when that girl gets clocked on the parking meter. It's clear who the intended audience is. Poor Jay Baruchel. The IMDB listing actually has two characters in the credits called "Hipster" and one called "Drunk Hipster".
Score = 3
For people who keep bringing up Garden State...did you see the movie? It DID suck. It When I stopped that DVD I had even more questions than I did before I watched it than after. For example, do you think it's realistic to come that easy off Lithium? Really?
Score = -2
I meant more questions after, than before...man I'm tired and possibly illiterate.
Score = 0
If this movie gets one pseudo-hip teenager who loved Juno to check out The National's "Alligator", it will all have been worth it.
Score = 1
Why is PJPJ not on the OST, but in the movie. damn fun to see them live.
Score = 0
every playlist is infinite if you put it on loop
Score = 5
Look, I won't lie. I'm excited for this movie. It may be because of my unfortunate young age which makes me susceptible to this type of movie, but i think it looks enjoyable. I might hate it since i read the book. But whatever. Everyone's gotta stop being such assholes though. It's just a movie, you guys...
Score = 5
its harold!
Score = 0
I fucking LOVED the book.
And I'll be heartbroken if it is fucked with.
And it's not looking good.
Fuck.
Score = 0
Is everyone else getting tired of Michael Cera playing awkward boy I mean the fact he is cast in the movie has me worried. It would seem that marketing has discovered teens desperate need to be individual and that being a geeky and uncool would actual seem to be cool and now Mike Cera is everywhere. He had arrested development, which was the greatest show ever but after that its all been commercialistic rubbish. Also it's not quite infinite I mean like 20 songs wow, oh and the varying genres is just fantastic I mean to me it is just an attempt to create a "high fidelity" for the youth of today
Score = 2
Did you ever even see "High Fidelity"? First of all, those songs were fucking classics. Second of all, Michael Cera may not be the best fucking actor and maybe he does only know how to play one part, but I'd do the same thing and i can't wait to here that you wouldn't. Third of all, this movie is going to be garbage and the soundtrack will only sink it more. :::why are Vampire Weekend a band::::
Score = -2
:::why are you still complaining:::
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Shmal, please reconsider. Reconsider the phrase "commercialistic garbage."
Here's why:
1) "Comerrcialistic" isn't a word; just"commercial" will suffice 2) The commercialization of a product does not mean a souring of its quality; in fact, usually, when done correctly creates a more pleasing work of art. I'm dismayed that people still ignorantly blast commercialism without realizing that the best film and music we've heard has been the product of an informed commercial venture where ambitious millionaires have invested their hard earned cash into a project in hopes of making even more millions of dollars just so they can buy a bigger house, drive faster cars, or adopting more children from the Third World. Who cares why they're investing-- they're creating a product we want and love, so please, reconsider and just lay off this branding of any artwork as "commercial rubbish."
Score = 0
i am going to fucking love this movie
Score = -2
i'm getting a little tired of michael cera. he should save his "adolescent" talent for the arrested development movie. i'd watch that.
Score = -2
Michael Cera was typecasted two movies ago.
Score = 4
High Fidelity and Garden State both own this movie.
Score = 2
This announcer reminds me of that South Park parody. "Rob Schneider is...a stapler!"
Score = 2
If SNL somehow made a skit parodying Stereogum, it would look exactly like this thread. As it is, I'm way too intimidated by the gross amounts of condescension here to fire back with my own witty repartee, but I can say that this movie looks okay. God I hope my hipster cred is still intact for the next time I want to be taken seriously on this site again....
Score = 4
Is Devendra Banhart playing Jesus? I couldn't tell in the trailer.
Score = 0
wait. what? i saw this preview a few weeks ago and didn't think anything of it. was i wrong? is this movie supposed to be good or something?
i guess this is on stereogum because devendra makes a cameo. ok, nevermind - i get it now.
Score = 0
How can this be too commercial? We're all consumers, no matter who we are or what we do.
That said, it's gonna suck.
Score = 1
god dam hipsters, when our theatre gets actual independent film NO ONE sees it except old people. shit movies like this pull them in. fucking hipster trash
Score = 1
man. have they already changed the book enough by just the trailer? book's a pretty good read, personally, seeing as the book has it's own playlist, they should have just kept it. I mean, really, it has tracks for the 'hipsters' anyway with Belle and Sebastian, but I think it really spans the world of music from Jens Lekman to Elvis Costello to The Cure to Prince to Ray Charles. Really now. As much as I love Bishop Allen and Band of Horses..... though, if they changed the film to be the indie rock scene instead of the punk "gaycore" scene that the book is set in, it probably will attract more viewers....
Score = 0
Oh Michael Cera, you'll always be George Michael to me.
Score = 0
I absolutely adore this book. SO much so that hearing that a movie was to even as much as EXIST has driven me to the point of massive depression.
I was to boycott this movie, but THEN my hero Mark Mothersbaugh became set to score the movie!
ARG
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"Starlet-bedder"? That's a good one, but I don't think NPortman qualifies as a "starlet" any longer. Unless you want to use the term as meaning "not quite a star."
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is anyone else as tired as i am with michael cera playing the same role over and over, a la keira knightly? better job than i have though
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