Louder Than You Think - A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young and Pavement
USA / 2023 / Length: 90
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Director: Jed I. Rosenberg
With: Gary Young, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
In Memory of Gary Young Who Passed Away in the Summer of 2023 Louder Than You Think - A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young and Pavement
An intimate portrait of creativity colliding with chaos. Gary Young, drummer for indie rock icons Pavement, injected a wild card unpredictability into the band’s breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same gonzo impulses derailed his rock star dream.
An up-close cinematic walkabout through the life of Gary Young, the original (and highly unlikely) drummer of indie rock royalty Pavement. His booze and drugs-fueled antics (on-stage handstands, gifting vegetables to fans) and haphazard production methods (accidentally helping launch the lo-fi aesthetic) were both a driving force of the band’s early rise and the cause of his eventual crash landing. Leaving a wake of joy and/or destruction at every turn, Gary teeters the thin line between free-form self-expression and chaotic self-destruction. Thirty years on with scoliosis, blood clots, and a shriveled liver, Gary was still drumming with no regrets when this film was made. He stopped doing so in August 2023.
The screening will be preceded by a short lecture by musician, high school teacher and Pavement super-fan, Yuval Mendelson.
Total duration of the event approx. 120 minutes