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[from trailer]
Charlotte Banksasks: Hi, I'm Charlotte. Nice to meet you.
Sa5m: I've known you since 5th grade.
Charlotte Banksasks: ...Hmm.
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Will Burton: So, how big is this whole bandslam thing around here?
Sa5m: Texas high school football big.
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Will Burton: I think if you tried signaling, people would honk less.
Charlotte Banksasks: They don't need to know my business.
Will Burton: ...It's not really a privacy issue.
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Will Burton: I think you're trying too hard to be like Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Bug: That's crazy; I don't even like Flea.
Will Burton: Yeah, what's your name?
Bug: ...Bug.
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Sa5m: Let's... start... shredding!
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Will Burton: School today was like Guantanamo with a lunch period.
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Sa5m: Emotion is... overrated.
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Sa5m: Well, if you were just part of Charlotte's experiment this whole time, then, what is reality? What if Charlotte and her experiment are really a part of someone else's larger experiment? I mean, what if we're being manipulated by some greater intelligence than our own? And if so, is there really such a thing as free will? Am I moving my hand or was it predetermined by a force I'm not even aware of? Charlotte times a trillion.f you were just part of Charlotte's experiment this whole time, then, what is reality? What if Charlotte and her experiment are really a part of someone else's larger experiment? I mean, what if we're being manipulated by some greater intelligence than our own? And if so, is there really such a thing as free will? Am I moving my hand, or was it predetermined by a force I'm not even aware of? Charlotte times a trillion.
Bug: See, this is why you don't have friends!
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Will: [in voice-over]
[while watching a marching band practice]
Will: Dear David Bowie, first thing we need is a brass section. Though, granted. Van Buren has a limited pool to choose from.
Will: [voice-over] The pianists around here are all classical.
[Kim plays classical music. Will places the sheet music to "Blister in the Sun" in front of Kim, who switches to its opening riff]
Will: [voice-over] If Arcade Fire can have a cello, we can have a cello.
Will: Need a hand?
Irene (Cello): Need a Stanford-Binet test?
Will: What? Sorry. It looked heavy.
Bandslam Quotes
Extended Reading
