Stop Making Sense (1984)
An innovative concert movie for the rock group Talking Heads. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jonathan Demme
Written By: Jonathan Demme, Talking Heads
Starring: Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steven Scales, Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison
Genres: Documentary, Music
Country: USA
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There's a lot of energy in this film, although your enjoyment of it might hinge on whether you like this quirky band, captured here at the height of their popularity. At times I wondered why this wasn't released as an exercise video, but the amount of home injuries would likely have been phenomenal. I would love to see a mashup of Byrne's Life During Wartime dance and Hepburn's cafe dance from Funny Face.
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WATCH OUT! You might get what you're after.
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People always be like "how does Byrne have so much energy" like they're forgetting cocaine exists. Anyway this was fucking awesome
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I couldn't have named any Talking Heads songs before watching this, but it was still a very fun experience. The filmmakers did a great job in conveying the energetic nature of their live performance.
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I'm kicking myself for NOT watching this 35 years ago! Incredible! Talking Head fans should LOVE it, as well as any music/performance fan. A one-of-a kind band and show!
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everyone talks about the big suit but the fact that he starts in a pretty big suit then changes into a REALLY big suit is the funniest shit ever.
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filming is made very well, performance was clever. i just don't "love" the music of talking heads. why did i watch it then? well i'm reading david byrne's book and wanted to see what he was talking about.
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Greatness. The best concert/music film I've ever seen. Everything works. The slow build of the band, the unique arrangements of the songs throughout, and the attentiveness to the cinematic nature of this performance. Highlights are the entire performance of Burning Down the House (esp. the dancing) as well as Byrne and his lamp during This Must Be the Place.
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Does for the concert movie what Loveless did for shoegaze - ie is so good it kills its genre stone dead.
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Fat Talking Heads nerd in his basement fucking up every lamp in the house for a brief moment of absolute weightless bliss
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This is ninety minutes of joy. Everyone is happy and everyone is having a good time. Kind of hard to ask for anything more.
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Those heads sure can talk.
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Starts ingeniously, David Byrne is a blast to watch.
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No bullshit here. Just performance art at its best. Completely infectious.
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