In the latest installment of bone-idle blogging, I'm moving on from actual artists appearing on-screen to the use of music on film. Many directors, from the good to the bad, have used music on film to convey moods or to enhance a scene, even breaking Cameron Crowe's rule that the lyrics from a song should never match what's going on in a scene. To be fair, even CC has broken that rule with Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" during Vanilla Sky.
I decided, however, to focus down on kick-arse openings to movies. After considering being bang-up-to-date with The Social Network beginning in media res with The White Stripes "Ball and Biscuit" blues howl over Mark Zuckerberg and Erica Albright's breakup, I then moved on to ruling out High Fidelity opening with The 13th Floor Elevator's "You're Gonna Miss Me".....anyone sensing a theme here?
Finally, I settled on the intro to Wes Anderson's Rushmore, which makes wonderful use of The Creation's garage rock classic "Making Time". A terrific introduction into the world of Wes Anderson, a man who always seems to come up with the goods on his soundtracks. Enjoy!
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