Here is yet another reason to go to this year’s PDX Film Fest: the first US screening of Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell.

For those of you unfamiliar with Russell’s work, here’s a quick primer: dude moves to New York, dude becomes a fixture in the avant-garde scene, dude discovers disco, dude makes some of the best music you are likely ever to hear.

My obsession with his work is borderline creepy. YouTube lists the above clip as being posted in October 2006 and I’d say I’ve watched this trailer at least once a month since then, if for no other reason than looking at Jens Lekman’s pretty, pretty face and listening to Verity from Electrelane’s haunting version of “Our Last Night Together”.

Really, I have not been this excited for a movie since, well, I don’t know. I realize I’m probably in the minority here, but I would easily put Russell’s World of Echo on my long list of favorite albums of all time, and his song “A Little Lost” is just about my favorite thing ever.

Really, continue after the jump for “A Little Lost”. It’s an awful video, so just minimize your browser and listen to the audio.

See?! Did that song not just blow your mind with awesomeness?