Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (2010)

Director: Kerthy Fix, Gail O'Hara

Starring: Stephin Merritt, Carrie Brownstein, Peter Gabriel

Music Credits: Music Editor - Charles Newman

Description: Songwriter Stephin Merritt is known as "the Cole Porter of his generation" for his memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings. Shot over a period of 10 years, "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields" explores his friendship with his longtime bandmate and manager Claudia Gonson. Through his recording and songwriting process, the film traces a 20-year career that has yielded one of the most engaging bodies of work in the contemporary American songbook. (IMDB)

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Watch the trailer and check out music from The Magnetic Fields below.