According to the Platform Network, the French poppy, trip-hoppy group Air will be scoring the soundtrack to the "Virgin Suicides." This achingly trendy group is best known for its debut chill out album Moon Safari. This time around, the Air boys will have to deal with a more serious issue, teenage suicide…and teens who commit suicide really know how to chill out. Ahem, excuse us.Anyway, the film is directed by Sofia Coppola, (best known for her work as the offspring of her dad), and the movie deals with a family of girls, the Lisbons, who live in the suburbs of Detroit with their reclusive parents. A group of young men become fascinated by the girls when the eldest sister commits suicide by throwing herself out of her window onto a fence. When the Lisbon family reacts to the suicide by withdrawing even further into solitude, the boys begin to plan how they can rescue the girls. One of the boys invites a sister to the prom; but will this prevent the Lisbon sisters from fulfilling a suicide pact? Expect liberal Moog accompaniment to this ode to teen angst.
Finally, Air and Mike Mills will be releasing a DVD chronicling the Air world tour on November 9th.
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