Arcade Fire Reveal Details of Spike Jonze Collaboration on 'Suburbs' Short Film

Arcade Fire fans who loved the video for 'The Suburbs' and want a longer, theatrical treatment of the story are truly in luck. The band recently announced a new short film based on the video directed by iconic indie auteur Spike Jonze and written in collaboration with band members Win and Will Butler. Dubbed 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' we now know that the short film will screen four times at this month's Berlin International Film Festival and could be shown at various other events around the world soon after.

The band announced that the film sets out to expand the issues in the original music video -- suburban isolation, aimless and innocent youth and a mysterious military conflict that pushes a group of unknowns further inside their own emotions. "The future has become reality," they said in a press release. "And the threat lies in the proximity of the military."

The Berlin International Film Festival's website provides a similar take: "A group of suburban youths. Back then, in the summer, so long ago. They couldn't leave town because outside the country was at war and the military controlled life and all gateways. The teenagers wander aimlessly about town. Winter is a long way off. And love and longing and friendship still mean -- everything."