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" You hear the Beach Boys two ways in your life. The first is usually as a kid, likely in the backseat of a hot car with the windows down during a family road trip, everybody putting their aggravation on hold for the duration of at least one sing-along. &amp;quot;Kokomo,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I Get Around,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Surfin&amp;#039; U.S.A.&amp;quot;\u2014songs you hear once and instantly know by heart. If and when you dig a little deeper into the band&amp;#039;s history as you get older, you begin to hear traces of the real Brian Wilson, the sick Brian Wilson, the sad one hiding in plain sight behind songs like &amp;quot;God Only Knows&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s Not Me&amp;quot; (for starters). Sweet songs, sure, but not overtly sunny and carefree, not the same songs that made you feel unadulterated happiness when you were young.  Paul Dano and John Cusack inhabit Wilson at different parts of the 20th century\u2014the &amp;#039;60s and the &amp;#039;80s, respectively\u2014in the new Beach Boys biopic Love &amp;amp;amp; Mercy (in theaters June 5). And while there are a few schmaltzy love scenes in the official trailer (below), the film looks more honest and sad than something that whitewashes the dark reality of Wilson&amp;#039;s later years. That&amp;#039;s all the more intriguing seeing that Wilson was involved in the production.  Sure, Dano&amp;#039;s vocals are fairly flat as he&amp;#039;s banging out &amp;quot;God Only Knows,&amp;quot; but you can see traces of misery in his eyes as he steps into a young Wilson. Here he is, making cheery pop songs against a blue sky California backdrop, but it hurts. That&amp;#039;s the real story, and at first glance, the film seems to get it.      Read our recent interview with Brian Wilson here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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