500 Days of Summer

Posted by BrokenSilence | Filed under Beck, Hall & Oates, Regina Spektor, The Smiths, The Temper Trap, Wolfmother

There are a lot of great movies coming out this year (Terminator Salvation, The Limits of Control, Star Trek, Mancora, The Brothers Bloom, Transformers, Where The Wild Things Are, Public Enemies, Inglorious Basterds, 2012 and the list goes on). But one of the movies I am most looking forward to is ‘500 Days of Summer’. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t. Hey, what can I say? I like romantic comedies/dramas. And also because I really like Zooey Deschanel (though Olivia Thirlby is taking over the spot for my favorite indie actress) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and because from the trailer the movie is definitely going to have music as a central point.  Thus far there are some good references…por ejemplo:

1. When they first meet in the elevator, Levitt’s character is listening to The Smiths on his headphones, where upon Deschanel’s character tells him she loves The Smiths (from that band and Morrisey’s words, heartbreak has already begun). She then proceeds to sing the song, which is ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’, awesome, since that is by far my favorite Smiths song. What I like best is how after she leaves the elevator he is stunned that she likes The Smiths saying ‘Holy Shit’. Us guys all know how great it is when a girl likes the same music as you.

2. They’re both lying down on a bed and Levitt’s character has a t-shirt on, of which the print is the album cover to Joy Division’s first album ‘Unknown Pleasures’. I actually bought that t-shirt once, though it never came in the mail.

3. Upon ending the relationship, Deschanel’s character compares their relationship to Sid & Nancy (Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and the couple’s fame as Nancy was possibly murdered by Sid (no one knows) in the Chelsea Hotel). She amusingly dubs herself as Sid and Levitt as Nancy.

The teaser and the trailer feature some great music in their own right, which I have posted below. One standout is ‘Sweet Disposition’ by The Temper Trap. It’s a really soft, yet power driven heartfelt track that builds quite nicely. It’s a pretty beautiful song. Another favorite in the trailer is Hall & Oates’ 80s  pop classic ‘You Make My Dreams’.

Worth noting is that the teaser was inspired by the French New Wave flick, ‘Le Mepris’ (’Contempt’) by none other than the great Jean-Luc Godard starring the sultry Brigitte Bardot. Links to everything below.

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams

The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Regina Spektor - Us

Beck - Black Tambourine

Wolfmother - Vagabond

The Teaser

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Full Length Trailer

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Trailer for Le Mepris

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Below is the entire soundtrack for the movie and here is a link to the director’s explanation for using the songs he did. I’m pretty interested to see how they use Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bookends’, that is one haunting, melancholy and nostalgic song.

Regina Spektor - “Us”
The Smiths - “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”
Belle & Sebastian - “The Boy With The Arab Strap”
Black Lips - “Bad Kids”
The Smiths - “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.”
Patrick Swayze - “She’s Like The Wind.”
Jack Penate - “Have I Been a Fool? ”
The Doves - “There Goes the Fear”
Hall & Oates - “You Make My Dreams”
Knight Rider Theme
Temper Trap - “Sweet Disposition”
Carla Bruni - “Quelqu’un M’a Dit”
Black Lips - “Veni, Vidi, Vici”
Paper Route - “The Music”
Feist - “Mushaboom”
Regina Spektor - “Hero”
Spoon - “Infinite Pet”
Simon & Garfunkel - “Bookends”
Wolfmother - “Vagabond”
Mumm-Rah - “She’s Got You High”

Karaoke Selections:
Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood as performed by Zooey Deschanel “Sugar Town”
The Pixies “Here Comes Your Man”

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Permalink | March 27th, 2009

12 Responses to “500 Days of Summer”

  1. Hanan Says:
    March 28th, 2009 at

    “no, I’m Sid!”
    oh gosh thanks for posting this! I had never heard of this movie (500 days of summer) before and I love both of those actors! the music looks amazing.

    I will definitely go see that (I usually don’t like movies very much but this one looks good)

    thanks again!

    PS girls, too (or maybe just me), like it when a guy has the same taste in music as them. it’s so rare.

    PPS The Smiths are awesome =)

  2. Hanan Says:
    March 28th, 2009 at

    *I love both of those actors. the music looks amazing.

  3. Marc Tytus Says:
    March 28th, 2009 at

    Nice, thanks for posting the songs from the trailer!

  4. 500 Days of Summer weekend updates Says:
    March 28th, 2009 at

    [...] cute little analysis of the trailer from a blog with links to listen to the songs from [...]

  5. Chaz Says:
    April 3rd, 2009 at

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vkXxn65ec

  6. Clarissa Says:
    April 8th, 2009 at

    Love this blog, its perfect. You stole these words right out of my mouth.

    <3

  7. Laura Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at

    I’m having such a great expectation for the movie! Huge anxiety! And one thing I always wonder is about the soundtrack cause I think music is one of the most important facts in a movie, even in life, it’s what turns an image in to a memory, thx for this great post!
    <3

  8. Bob Loblaw Says:
    May 27th, 2009 at

    Hello, I just had to let you know that Sweet Disposition rocks. I usually have to write a snarky message at least weekly on one of the innumerable crappy Hypem-linked music blogs, so it’s a rare pleasure to respond positively. Thanks for being including some of the 5% of music that’s not utter garbage. Peace! (If you don’t have Byrne & Eno’s “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today,” I know you’ll adore it.)

  9. Hero Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at

    [...] few months ago I wrote about the movie ‘500 Days of Summer’ that was then soon to be released. It was released this past Friday and I watched the movie last [...]

  10. Here Comes Your Man Says:
    December 19th, 2009 at

    [...] I’ve mentioned plenty of times on this blog (here and here), ‘500 Days of Summer’ was one of my favorite movies of the year. Brilliant on [...]

  11. Cassie Baker Says:
    March 10th, 2010 at

    I started watching this movie a few days ago, but people in my house started coming home from work. I had to stop watching it because I was so into it I was making facial expressions in reaction to the scenes! I didn’t want them thinking I was some sort of wierdo… :)

  12. Download Movies Says:
    March 18th, 2010 at

    Helo
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