Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)

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That’s right, there shall be visual documentation of the R.E.M. live show. Although, This is Not A Show (Live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland) proclaims it is not a show, the film, directed by French dude Vincent Moon, whose also directed films for the Arcade Fire and the National, captures R.E.M. playing “rehearsal shows” in front of an audience. But, remember, this is not a show! Shot in Moon’s distinctly blurry, one-eyed, “I really feel like I’m there” perspective, This is Not A Show will be shown in select theaters, clubs and other random venues across the country. Fortunately for long-time fans, the movie finds Stipe, Buck and Mills reaching all the way back to their debut, performing Chronic Town classic “Carnival of Sorts,” while performing a smattering of hits spanning their entire catalog. Check below for a screening in your town. There isn’t one?!?! Chill out man, you can suggest a show here. Yes, cabins, mess halls, barns and submarines are all considered apt places to view a film.

Screening Dates

10.14 Cambridge, MA @ IFF Boston at the Brattle – 9:30pm

10.16 Atlanta, GA @ The Plaza – 7:30pm

10.18 Asbury Park, NJ @ The ShowRoom – 9:00pm

10.22 Boise, ID@ The Egyptian

10.22 Columbus, OH @ The Drexel –8:00pm

10.23  New Haven, CT @ Criterion Cinemas

10.23  Tempe, AZ @ Madcap Theatres

10.23 Columbia, SC @ The Nickelodeon

10.23-24 Urbana-Champaign, IL@ Savoy 16

10.23-25 Seattle, WA @ Northwest Film Forum

10.24  Bloomington, IN @ The Ryder presents at IU Fine Arts Theatre

10.24  Montgomery, AL @ The Capri Theatre –9:00pm

10.26  Athens, GA @ Hotel Indigo (R.E.M. has arranged an event)

10.27  New York, NY @ Cinema Purgatorio at the Kraine Theatre

10.27  Los Angeles, CA @ Downtown Independent

10.27 Burlington, VT @ UVM Davis Center –8:00pm

10.30 Anchorage, AK @ The Bear Tooth

11.01  Philadelphia, PA @ 941 Theater- 8:00pm

11.05  Dallas, TX @ Dallas Video Festival

A while back it was reported that Daft Punk had signed on to score Tron, a film not about the lovable crackhead who becomes the world’s richest man by turning slave reparations into billions in a hot game of dice, but rather that crazy intergalactic Disney/Jeff Bridges movie from 1982. However, yesterday, Olivia Wilde, who stars in Tron Legacy, the sequel to the much-beloved Tron, spilled the beans to MTV that not only would Daft Punk score the film, but Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, or at least some dudes dressed like Guy & Thom, actually appear in the film. No word yet on whether or not Kanye will sample their score, remix their appearance, super impose himself in the scene and release Tron Legacy: The Yeezy Years, a visual representation of Tron as a blipster. Tron Legacy hits theaters in December 2010. The Yeezy remix drops next week.

According to reliable sources, Fox Searchlight is reportedly in negotiations to produce a film based on the book “I Slept with Joey Ramone (A Family Memoir).” The book, which is set to hit stores in December, was written by Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh, who is himself a punk rocker, and Ramones biographer and author of punk insider history Please Kill Me Legs McNeil. While we have no doubt the book will be an entertaining and enlightening read, how the adaptation will turn out is slightly less rosy. First, the problem of casting: the Ramones were pretty distinct looking guys from Forest Hills, and though Williamsburg has its share of dirtbag-y knockoffs, the producers would really need to comb the streets and convince some genuine Queens natives to go full method to get it right. Though, knowing Hollywood, someone has already called Bradford Cox and called him “bro” several times. Problem two: the Lower East Side no longer exists, so they will have to green-screen CBGB back on Bowery and remove the 8,000 glass and steel condos that surround it. Maybe they could just say punk was born in the Whole Foods on Houston Street. Begin anticipating the film now and pick up the book on December 1st. If you’re in NYC, get it directly from Leigh and McNeil at the Barnes & Noble Tribeca on Warren Street, where they will be signing books and doing a Q&A session.