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The staging--and Demme's filming of it--builds toward an orgasmic release of music, rising from the bare-stage simplicity of Byrne, accompanied only by a boom box on "Psycho Killer," to the ecstatic crescendo of "Burning Down the House," by which time the Heads and additional personnel have all arrived on stage for a performance that seems channeled from heaven for the purpose of universal uplift. (God bless Demme for avoiding shots of the luckiest audience in '80s pop history; its presence is acknowledged, but not at the viewer's expense.) With the deliriously eccentric Byrne as ringleader (pausing mid-concert to emerge in his now-legendary oversized suit), this circus of musical pleasure defies the futility of reductive description; it begs to be experienced, felt in the heart, head, and bones, and held there the way we hold on to cherished memories. On those three nights in December 1983, Talking Heads gave love, life, and joy in generous amounts that years cannot erode, and Demme captured this act of creative goodwill on film with minimalist artistic perfection. Stop Making Sense is an invitation to pleasure that will never wear out its welcome. --Jeff Shannon
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Jonathan Demme |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1999 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Palm Pictures / Umvd |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Letterboxed, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Album Rock, American Punk, College Rock, Music Video - Pop/Rock, New Wave, New York Punk, Pop, Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Rock, United States of America |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 660200301538 |
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Customer Reviews of Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (Widescreen Edition)
Same As It Ever Was! Here we have a very fine example of popular music in the mid-1980s in a very highly regarded concert film that was directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs and much else). The Talking Heads were quite popular and very admired within a certain fan base, but only broke out into pop stardom with a few numbers such as "Burning Down the House", whose lyrics even David Byrne notes are a series of disconnected phrases. <
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>It is shot with a story arc in mind. Byrne comes to a bare stage alone and does "Psycho Killer" ostensibly to a ghetto blaster playing the drum machine while Byrne plays acoustic guitar. As the first numbers progress more of the band and stage equipment is added until the full ensemble and stage is set for "Burning Down the House". Byrne notes that his "character" does evolve over the course of the concert. Yeah, but we only notice that after multiple viewings. Most of the time we just enjoy the building of musical intensity and the way the whole thing sounds and looks. <
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>The stage antics create the presence for Byrne and the ensemble. He runs and twitches, and makes what were then very strange gestures. He explains the derivation of most of them and the iconic BIG SUIT in the commentary audio track. He also notes that you could also use the film as an exercise video. If, he says, you do everything he does in the video as hard as he does for as long as he does you will be in pretty good shape by the end of the film. He seems to be onto something. It is possible to get winded just watching him do all he does on stage. <
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>On the commentary track from the band members and the director, we learn that the movie was put together from performances over several nights. We learn some of the shooting tricks they used to avoid having any of the seven cameras in the scenes (at least most of the time). That is, one night they shoot everything from the left, the next night everything from the right, and so forth. The also note that there are some continuity errors. While they tried to keep it as true as they could to the live concert experience, they took a balance of the best pictures with the best audio and sometimes that led to things not matching up just right. There were also some studio over dubs, but as few as possible. <
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>It is still a fine concert and a fine film of music making by some very gifted musicians. And it is a great document from the mid-eighties. Tina Weymouth notes her "blimp suit" with the big shoulder pads and so forth. <
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>Still very much worth seeing and enjoying. Who can get enough of "Once in a Lifetime"?
Yes, best concert film ever... and best DVD special features!!
Like others who have posted, this movie was what made me a Talking Heads fan, and though I never became a fanatic, this film is the concert VHS tape I have worn out the most over the years. Like Byrne says on the excellent commentary track, this was so effectively made from the audience point of view that when it screened, people applauded between songs and danced in the aisles. I know we did, way back when.
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>Today I got the DVD and just have to give props to the special features. There's bonus songs, the aforementioned commentary track, two 5.1 mixes, and a hiliarious 4.5 minute segment where David Byrne interviews himself. That is, David the interviewee sits in the house left chair, in his big suit. Then David the interviewer sits in the house right chair, constantly switching (in cut time) to new costumes and personas to ask the questions.
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>Right now, off the top of my head, if I had to rank Desert Island music DVD's, I'd go like this:
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>1) Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
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>2) The Band: Last Waltz
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>3) Grateful Dead: Truckin' Off to Buffalo
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>4) Suzanne Vega: Live at Montreaux
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>5) AC/DC: Live at Donnington
Stop Making Sense
It is very the best live performing of Talking Heads. Why they don't have more DVD's I don't make sense