Stop Making Sense

1984
PG
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

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A24 presents the 40th anniversary re-release of the greatest concert movie of all time.

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A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs.A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs.A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs.

Director
- Jonathan Demme
Writers
- Jonathan Demme
- Talking Heads
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

22K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jonathan Demme
Writers
- Jonathan Demme
- Talking Heads
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The footage was culled from several different shows. In order to minimize the amount of cameras in the frame, one show was shot completely from one side of the stage, and the next night was shot from the other side.

Goofs
The concert was edited together from three shows and, it being a "live" show, things not planned happened. The first night, David Byrne put on the baseball cap that was thrown on stage from the audience; the next night, it can be seen next to the drums so that he can put it on again.

Quotes
David Byrne: Thanks! Does anybody have any questions?

Alternate versions
Video release is 12 minutes longer and features three additional songs not included in original theatrical version.

Connections
Edited into Talking Heads: Girlfriend Is Better (1984)

Soundtracks
Psycho Killer
Written by David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz
Performed by Talking Heads

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Featured review

The best, the weirdest, what else?

I bought this film without ever having seen it. I liked the Talking Heads and had heard about the movie. Suffice it to say that I was amazed! The genious of starting with just a bare stage with David Byrne singing his sublime live version of Psycho Killer, then adding equiptment and band members was so weird, so brilliant. The energy and stamina shown by Mr. Byrne in this film borders on creepy. Was there a mountain of coke backstage, or is he a marathon runner? Not for me to know. How he was able to bend that far backwards during Once In A Lifetime I'll never know! All in all a real concert experience, combining the brilliance and showmanship of the Talking Heads with a master director like Jonathan Demme. It's no wonder that their compilation, Sand In The Vaseline, includes two live tracks seen on the film.