‘The Goal Isn’t Trust but Malleability’: ‘Pavements’ Director Alex Ross Perry on the Terrible Truths of ‘Unimaginative Biopics’

Founded in 1989 in Stockton, California, the indie rock band Pavement became one of the most beloved and talked-about groups of the 1990s. Fronted by Stephen Malkmus, Pavement was your cool friend’s favorite band. The music he or she would listen to when everyone else wanted to put on grunge or Britpop.