Was 2007 Year of the Kinks?

Was 2007 the year of the Kinks or what? Three really cool films used Kinks songs at precise moments in the plot.



The acoustic guitar strumming of "A Well Respected Man" introduces Michael Cera's character in Juno, itself a true sleeper hit of 2007. Juno has made more money that any other previous release by Fox Searchlight. Another FS release that didn't find the love it deserved was Darjeeling Limited. Director Wes Anderson films always hit high notes on their soundtracks. For Darjeeling Anderson, in addition to mashing orchestrated music from Satyajit Ray and Merchant/Ivory films, dusted off no less than three Kinks' songs: "This Time Tomorrow" and "Strangers" and "Powerman."
Earlier last year the comic mayhem of Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz was propelled by the Kinks' "The Village Green Preservaton Society." The lyrics fit that circumstance so snug it's as if the song had been written for the film. Hot Fuzz, released by Rouge (like Focus Films a specialty division of Universal) in the USA, also contains "Village Green" yet another case of the Kinks being thematically consistent.