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Cinemas
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Stop Making Sense
An acclaimed, rewatchable documentary.
Documentary
Music
1984
1h 28m
4.7(190k)via LetterboxdDavid Byrne + 4 more
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
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6What people say
A polite man is driven to murder. He becomes a prophet and screams manifestos on love, war, and the increasingly alarming impact of technology and progress. Driven to insanity by his own insights into the human condition, he travels to a river in an attempt to drown himself but instead is baptized and absolved of sin. He dies, crosseyed yet painless.This is the definitive fairytale of my generation, and the moral is "watch out, you might get what you're after". Jesus lives, and he's wearing a giant suit.
sweat my ass off dancing from “slippery people” on in a big suit at a vidiots screening with the band (inc. ednah holt, lynn mabry, and steve scales) in attendance. lynn and ednah joined us and did laps around the audience. tina weymouth gave me a near empty glass of champagne and said my suit was nice. i took two gummies and drank a grapefruit radler. vidiots cofounder saw me hitting the choreo and asked “how many times have you seen this movie” and i just responded “haha.” writing this entry in case i ever trip and fall into the eternal sunshine machine and forget about it
Common questions
What is Stop Making Sense about?+
This concert film documents the band Talking Heads performing live at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles during their 1983 tour.
Who directed Stop Making Sense?+
Jonathan Demme directed the 1984 production, which is widely recognized as a definitive concert documentary.
Has Stop Making Sense won any awards?+
The film has received acclaim for its technical precision and is preserved for its cultural contribution to the new wave music scene.
