Mistaken for Strangers

Can you stop that?

I can't think of questions.

You're not gonna

get sunburned, Matt.

Just...

Just relax.

- Anything.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Hold on, hold on!

Let me think of it.

Umm.

Do you...?

Do you ever get..?

I mean...

On tour,

it's day in and day out.

Umm.

Do you ever get...?

Does that ever make you

sleepy on stage?

Umm.

Or tired?

Tired on stage?

That's my question.

Question number one is that.

Have you ever woken up

in a nightmare, on a bus?

Because the movement.

What kind of nightmares,

have people talked about

of having?

Don't act like

it was a dumb question!

I'm following up

on my first question!

Do you have a notebook?

With questions

written down that you, like...

Do you have any

kind of organization and plan

for this film?

Our guests today in the studio

are The National.

We're about to talk

to a band called The National.

They've been critical darlings,

for the last ten years or so;

but now they are

finally achieving

some commercial success.

Yes, the secret is out.

This is one of the most

talked about bands

on the planet right now.

Please welcome to the program,

The National.

Your applause for...

The National.

You're the smartest dressed band

on the red carpet today.

Are we?

Maybe we...?

Did we over do it?

No, not at all.

This is our first red carpet,

so you are going to see

a lot of waistcoats.

So the new record is blowing up.

Number three on the charts.

And you've been profiled

in Rolling Stone, GQ.

You were recently the subject

of a ten-page spread

in the New York Times.

The Times piece mentions you

guys are a band of brothers.

Two sets of brothers.

Bryan and Scott are brothers.

And Aaron and Bryce

are twins actually.

But then, there's you, Matt.

You're the guy in the band

who doesn't have a brother.

I... I do have a brother.

Um. But he's nine years

younger and lives in Cincinnati.

What does your brother

think of the band?

Aaaa?

That's a good ques-- Aaa?

I don't think he does think

of it that much actually.

He's more of a metal head.

So... I think he thinks,

Indie rock

is pretentious bullshit.

And here we are.

That's me, my sister,

my dad, and my mom.

And there's Matt.

And this was

at our grandma's funeral.

And uh... I don't know?

I'm looking pretty good there.

Two weeks ago, Matt called.

He said the band is ready

to go out on tour again.

And they're going to need

extra help.

So he asked if

I wanted to go on tour

and be a roadie.

A year on tour with my brother,

I think, is going to be awesome.

I don't ever

get to see him so...

I think it's going to be fun.

I'm taking a camera along

to make a documentary

on the band.

Making movies is something

I've always really loved to do.

A Primarily

horror-action movies.

It's not The National but...

This is my first movie,

From The Dirt Under His Nails.

It's about an insane

animal trapper

who resurrects from the dead.

And goes on a rampage.

And this one is Wages Of Sin!

This one's about a barbarian

with an identity crisis,

who also goes through

a murderous rampage.

I'm filming down here!

Oh. I didn't know

that, sorry.

I don't leave until

eight o' clock tomorrow night.

Okay.

Hi.

Hey, we were just talking

to the fella upstairs.

We're just making

a small documentary

on The National.

He said it was okay

if we do a little shooting.

- Okay.

- Alright. Thank you.

Have you ever heard of

The National?

They're from here.

Right. Right.

I'm his brother

and I'm about to go on tour.

Have you ever been on a tour bus

or anything like that?

- No.

- I'm supposed to go on their tour bus,

and I don't know what to expect.

I think I'm going to

get together with him.

I'm going to be making

this rock doc.

I thank you for letting me

into your beautiful store.

Hey!

Hey!

How's it going?

Good. Good.

Like my new camera?

You're not supposed to

do that in here.

I know. I know.

Hey, guys! Good,

the whole band is here.

It's about to be confiscated

by the TSA.

No, it's not.

I don't think so?

Your cord's touching me.

I had no idea you've never

been to Europe.

Welcome to Paris!

Oooh! This doesn't even

look like my arm!

Looks like another--

oh, there we go.

Looks like another person

in the room when I do this.

Who is that?

I'm... This is cool.

I'm psyched you are here.

It's good to be here.

We have. We've been here--

Matt is on a phone interview

with a French newspaper.

Talking,

So let's just listen in.

In fact, it was

our first show in Europe.

It was a hundred people.

But it was our first taste

of what it would be like

to be a real band, I think.

We all are

in a really weird moods

just 'cause we're nervous.

That has never gone away.

We've learned to channel, I

think, whatever anxieties we have

into just the songs, I guess.

Stop. How fast can you play?

Well, who's faster?

Should I go to Bryce for this?

Who's faster, you or Bryce?

Well, if I play

with my fingers in scales,

I can play pretty fast.

But Bryce is

the faster guitarist?

Technically, yeah.

Do you want me to turn around?

Actually, bend down and come up.

Yeah.

Now act like you're

just picking up your glasses

and not even paying

attention to me.

No, this is good.

This is going to be

perfect for your intro shot.

Yeah.

Like, basically I have,

your job description right here.

You've seen the rider, right?

Uh-huh. No.

No I haven't actually.

I thought I emailed it to you?

But, regardless...

Oh. Okay.

Maybe I did see that.

Yeah.

It's basically

just a list of food.

Okay.

I just want you to

make sure that it's all there.

Okay.

I'd like to

say it is simple, but it's not.

Is there anything,

like, in particular

for, like, Bryce or Aaron?

Well, you know them well enough

- to figure that out.

- Yeah. Okay.

You know, just moving down

the list,

as far as the show time

is concerned,

you need to assemble the band

five minutes before the show.

So you got to make sure

everybody's gone

to the bathroom, you know.

Bryan's usually in

the bathroom for, like, forever.

And then during the show,

I just want you to stay

on radio communication.

Okay?

So, I just want you to make sure

you're available,

in the event that something

horribly wrong goes down.

Why I'm saying that,

is because you're here,

because we need someone

to do this stuff.

- Right.

- And, you know,

you just need to be

careful about...

not partying.

And, you know,

you're not a band member,

you're a crew member.

- Right.

- This sh*t has to get done.

Don't step backwards.

Hey, Tom. I can't do this

right now, dude.

You got

to leave me alone. Seriously.

Can you stop!

Terry!

You need to tell me

if this is getting brighter?

Go for Tom Berninger.

Do you copy?

I copy. Go ahead.

Ready for your brother

down here.

Copy that.

He's already angry at me.

It's day one.

Everyone's grumpy.

Tom. Do you copy?

Matt!

He... I just

saw him go downstairs actually.

Matt, this is awesome!

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