Hey, remember composer/musician Jon Brion’s excellent club in L.A. called Largo? Well, the club and it’s colorful cast of musician friends and artists that routinely stop by to perform are starring in a performance film about the hipster locale creatively titled, “Largo.”
Produced by alumni Paul Thomas Anderson and directed by Largo club owner Mark Flanagan and filmmaker Andrew van Baal the film features performances by Jon Brion-extended family players Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, my beawd huwts comedian Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Colin Hay, comedians Patton Oswalt, Flight of the Concords and Sarah Silverman, Grant Lee Phillips, Sara Watkins, David Garza, Tom Brosseau, Bic Runga and many, many more.
Did they ever film that Elliott Smith performance – the audio tracks of which are appearing in the new Autumn DeWilde Elliott Smith book? Hard to say, but Elliott did appear once on Jon Brion VH1 pilot that never really took off.
No release date on the film other than “coming soon,” but according to the always-fallible IMDB, the film is in “post-production” which in lay men’s terms means “almost ready to hit the festival circuit in 2008.” Thanks to our own Grace Brodie Cruz for the tip.