Rating: NR
Genre:
Music [nf]
Release Date: 10/26/1999
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Palm Pictures
Stop Making Sense was the first feature-length documentary effort of filmmaker
Jonathan Demme. The director's subject is
The Talking Heads, a new-wave/pop-rock group comprised of
David Byrne,
Chris Franz,
Tina Weymouth and
Jerry Harrison. The film was made during a three-day concert gig at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. What emerges on screen says as much about director Demme's taste and sensitivity as it does about the group and its visionary leader Byrne. Though some of the material in
Stop Making Sense overlaps with the Talking Heads' earlier concert film
The Name of This Band is Talking Heads, one never gets the feeling of by-the-numbers repetition; the group's energy is such that it virtually explodes from the screen.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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