Rated: NR    Runtime: 82 mins.
Fri, Nov 12 – Thur, Nov 18

With his unique gift for memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings that blend classic Tin Pan Alley with modern sounds, Stephin Merritt has distinguished himself as one of contemporary pop’s most beloved and influential artists. Both a prolific recording artist and composer of theater and film scores, he performs most famously as the Magnetic Fields, whose 1999 three-disc opus 69 Love Songs is widely considered a masterpiece of traditional song craft and irresistible synth-pop. STRANGE POWERS explores Merritt’s songwriting and recording process, and focuses on his relationships with his bandmates and longtime collaborator/manager Claudia Gonson, revealing an artist who has produced one of the most engaging and confounding bodies of work in the contemporary American songbook. With Laura Ballance, Irving Berlin, Carrie Brownstein, Ethan Cohn, Sam Davol, Sasha Frere-Jones, Peter Gabriel, Claudia Gonson, Daniel Handler, Kenny Mellman, Stephin Merritt, Ann Powers & Sarah Silverman. Directed by Kerthy Fix & Gail O'Hara. 82 mins. USA, 2010.

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