Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire songwriter Win Butler conjured the same mental images when listening to the Canadian band's songs. As a result, the movie director is making a short science fiction film pegged to Arcade Fire's new album, The Suburbs.

After Jonze heard the fresh material, the director pictured the songs exactly as they were first imagined by Butler. "The first images that came to his mind had the same feeling as this idea for a science fiction film I had when I was younger," the Arcade Fire front man told Pitchfork.

Describing the short movie, shot in Austin, Texas, Butler said: "It's like a science fiction B-movie companion piece for the record. My brother and I and Spike wrote it together, which was really fun. It was like total amateur hour. A lot of kids are in the film, and it was great just hanging out with these 15-year-olds for a week and writing down all the funny things they said."

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