People have complained, why no music-movie stories of late? (though we kinda killed it this week, no?)
Well for one, there hasn’t been that many movie-music notable news this year (at least not compared to last year) and secondly, the film festival circuit hadn’t hit where information is easy to access free from the hands of publicists that only want to put the news in one outlets hands (you lazy fuckers).
So yeah, scan the Toronto International Film Festival and you’ll find some interesting bits of info, the latest being that Saddlecreek mainstays and Bright Eyes conspirators/collaborators Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott have scored the music to the upcoming film, “Lovely, Still,” which stars the excellent Ellen Burstyn and Martin Landau as an couple who begin a late-life courtship that’s full of surprises. Mogis is essentially the house producer for many a band on Saddlecreek records and both he and Walcott are members of the Bright Eyes touring band (and essentially now full-time members of the band).
What’s the connection to Omaha and the Saddlecreek boys? Simple, the director Nik Fackler is from Omaha, began writing and directing short films and his work was quickly noticed by the local music scene. Fakler has directed videos for Sia, Azure Ray, Tilly And The Wall, The Good Life, The Faint, Neva Dinova, The Elected, plus many other Omaha-related bands. “Lovely, Still,” is his feature debut.
What’s even better is that we didn’t even know about the music of this film and we still bought tickets to it at TIFF cause it sounded great. Nice bonus.