“Despite the laughably appropriate indie filmmaker penchant for Stephin Merritt's music, all of his songs incorporated into movie soundtracks thus far have been fairly unconvincing. Anyone who remembers the Ashley Judd Oscar bid, *Someone Like You*, knows both that a wristwatch will disappear if you unflinchingly stare at it for more than an hour in a dark theatre, and that *69 Love Songs*' "Absolu”
