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Scenes from the Suburbs

Film inspired by the album The Suburbs by fresh Grammy Award winner Arcade Fire follows the narrator, living in a suburban dystopia, trying to piece together fragmented memories from when he was a teenager and his experiences with his friends as they grow apart.

  • USA
  • 2011, 28 min
  • Director: Spike Jonze
  • Director of photography: Greig Fraser
  • Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Will Butler, Win Butler
  • Music: Arcade Fire
  • Cast: Justin Arnold, Sienna Blau, William Buchanan, Will Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne
  • Contacts: Christina Niestroj
  • Producer: Vincent Landay


Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze (1969, USA) is a cult director, producer, actor and maker of alternative music and skating videos. He has worked with Beastie Boys, Björk, Fatboy Slim or Chemical Brothers. His features films include Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), based on screenplays by Charlie Kaufmann, and Where the Wild Things Are (2009).