''Slow Century'' is a two-disc

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retrospective of the band Pavement filmed and compiled by filmmaker

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. The first disc contains ''Slow Century'' itself, a 90-minute documentary with extensive interviews with the band members (as well as their friend

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) and considerable live concert footage from across their career featuring throughout; indeed, the film concludes with the encore from their final live show, held in

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in 1999. There is also a presentation subtitled ''Cinema Stars'' (written using a star symbol rather than the word "star") featuring all their videos, as well as alternate and rejected clips for three songs. Interspersed throughout are brief clips from home movies, television appearances and behind-the-scenes footage. The second disc is entirely composed of live footage with a full concert from

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(July 1999) and edited highlights from the group's second last show in

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(11/1999). Across the two discs, there is a total of six hours of footage. There is band member and director commentary on each video and multiple angles on the second disc, and it is presented in

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stereo. Directed by

, except: * Kim Gordon (directed "Perfume-V" video) *

(directed "Here" video) * Dan Koretzky (directed "Cut Your Hair" video, co-directed the "Painted Soldiers" video) *

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(co-directed "Painted Soldiers" video) * Scott Blen (directed "Gold Soundz" and "Range Life" videos) * Tom Surgall (directed "Rattled by the Rush" video) * John Kelsey (directed "Father to a Sister of Thought" and "Stereo" videos) *

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(directed "Shady Lane" video)

Track listing

# ''Slow Century'', a 90-minute documentary incorporating footage from 1989–99 # "Here" (video) # "Perfume-V" (video) # "Cut Your Hair" (video) # "Gold Soundz" (video) # "Range Life" (video) # "Rattled by the Rush" (video) # "Father to a Sister of Thought" (video) # "Painted Soldiers" (video) # "Stereo" (video) # "Shady Lane" (video) # "Carrot Rope" (video) # "Spit on a Stranger" (video) # "Major Leagues" (video) # "Major Leagues" (alternate video) # "Rattled by the Rush" (alternate video) # "Cut Your Hair" (alternate video) # "In the Mouth a Desert" (live) # "Speak See Remember" (live) # "Spit on a Stranger" (live) # "Date with Ikea" (live) # "The Hexx" (live) # "Box Elder" (live) # "Folk Jam" (live) # "Billie" (live) # "Major Leagues" (live) # "Shady Lane" (live) # "Cream of Gold" (live) # "Platform Blues" (live) # "We Dance" (live) # "Harness Your Hopes" (live) # "Stereo" (live) # "Gold Soundz" (live) # "The Killing Moon" (live) (covering Echo & the Bunnymen) # "Sinister Purpose" (live) # "Debris Slide" (live) # "Grounded" (live) # "Unfair" (live) # "Two States" (live) # "Fin" (live) # "Date with Ikea" (live) # "Range Life" (live) # "Summer Babe" (live) # "Handcuffs" banter from last show (live) (hidden easter egg) # "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" (live) (hidden easter egg) # "Conduit for Sale" (live) (hidden easter egg)

Easter egg

* On disc one, highlight the letter "P" in "Pavement" on the menu screen and then press enter/OK to unlock some hidden performance footage.

External links

* {{Pavement Pavement (band) video albums 2002 video albums Music video compilation albums Live video albums 2002 live albums 2002 compilation albums 2000s English-language films