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Stop Making Sense (1984)
Director: Jonathan Demme
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From Time Out Film Guide
A documentary record of Talking Heads in concert, using material from three shows in Hollywood, December '83. Apart from what artifice the Heads themselves allow on stage, Demme restricts himself to a cool, almost classic style, with the camera subservient to the action. Building from David Byrne performing a solo acoustic 'Psycho Killer', to the full nine-piece leaping through 'Take Me to the Water', its distinction is more what it omits than what it includes. Tacky rock theatre razzle is stripped down to humorously 'minimal' conceits of staging, lighting and presentation. Apart from a few moments of incongruous boogieing, the allegedly over- intellectual Heads are revealed to be human, warm-hearted, and possessed of a sizeable humour. A quietly large achievement.Author: JG
Cast & crew
Director: Jonathan Demme
Producer: Gary Goetzman
Cast: Talking Heads full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 88 mins
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