A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
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dale cooper would have a field day with this town. i’m getting too predictable but this was a home run, so delightful and hilarious and life-affirming. nashville but weirder and happier, even some stuff (parade scene) that reminded me of tati. thank you to the one person in my twitch chat who would tell me to watch this every stream
"I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is."On Brett Goldstein's podcast "Films To Be Buried With," he always asks his guests "Which film do you most relate to?" and for a while I have thought my answer to that question would be Brigsby Bear. Now I think it's this.I'm so impressed by what David Byrne did here. Such a rare and difficult thing to make a compassionate satire, to laugh at the weirdness of something in a way that isn't snide or dismissive, but purely observational. It's like Ordinary People Memes: The Movie. Despite tackling the topics, it's not a takedown of suburbanites or middle class excess or the encroaching digital age, it's a loving, wide-eyed, and curious gentle ribbing. It's David Byrne going to the zoo and giggling as the monkeys pick bugs out each other's hair. I always have a big laugh at him excitedly saying "I can talk that fast!" like a child. So funny to me that Radiohead took their name from this, given that the film's attitude is absolutely antithetical to all of OK Computer.
honestly the exact kind of beautiful, weird, specific, small town working class wonder-piece i needed time watch tonight. it’s a shame byrne didn’t direct anything else because he’s got such a specific style that feels like it could’ve been applied to an entire generation of eccentric comedies to great effect! i love you david!
It follows the eccentric and musical residents of a small Texas town as they prepare for a grand sesquicentennial celebration and talent show.
It was directed by musician David Byrne in 1986, marking his feature film directorial debut.
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