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...