Wanted to post this real quick, because it’s silly, I’m a little work-fried, and the emphasis on the “soundtrack” is a big part of the joke.
With a little more plot, I’d totally see this movie. I like a good lady road-trip movie (see also: Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, a movie I should probably write about in terms of soundtracks, 80s pop iconography, and funny ladies).
Some other things I love about this fake trailer:
1. Are Alicia and Alanis real-life friends? Do they eat vegan meals together somewhere posh in LA? They seem like they like each other. I’d record my friend flipping me off on a digicam.
2. I don’t really have much use for Alanis as a singer or funny lady (I don’t like “My Humps“). But she’s really great here. And, apparently, she can sum up her life with a shot glass.
2. The use of The Sea and Cake’s “Weekend” when Alicia’s mother dies, complete with the photo falling off the table. Normally, I associate this hazy pop tune with a Sofia Coppola movie I made up in my head. It involves a quiet French couple, slouchy yet tight and impossibly fashionable black ensembles by Marc Jacobs, and grey skies. This is funnier.
3. The way Vampire Weekend’s “A-Punk” slows down when Alicia goes from happy to hysterically sad.
4. Some of these bands aren’t real. I’ll let you go through the names and pick them out. Unfortunately, Mates of State are very real (cheap shot!).
5. That said, the fake band names and the real band names are often similar enough that it’s not easy to tell them apart if you don’t already know who’s who. The pseudo-Juno font and the implied presence of Fox Searchlight helps sell it.
6. The soundtrack’s presence gets so excessive that songs start playing on top of each other. Of course they do. Just like life.
