Stop Making Sense (1984)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Jonathan Demme

Escritores:

Jonathan Demme (writer)
Talking Heads (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 noviembre 1984 (Alemania Occidental)

Género:

Documental | Música

Frase comercial:

Why stop making sense? Why a movie? Why a big suit? Where do the odd movements come from? What will the band do next?

Plot:

An innovative concert movie for the rock group The Talking Heads.

Plot Keywords:

Band | Concert | Musician | Concert Film | Stage

Premios:

2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Pure cinema

Reparto

Bernie Worrell	...	Keyboards
Alex Weir	...	Guitar and Vocals
Steven Scales	...	Percussion (as Steve Scales)
Lynn Mabry	...	Backing Vocals
Ednah Holt	...	Backing Vocals (as Edna Holt)
Tina Weymouth	...	Bass, Percussion and Vocals
Jerry Harrison	...	Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals
Chris Frantz	...	Drums and Vocals
David Byrne	...	Vocals and Guitar

Duración:

88 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital (1999 re-release) | Stereo

Clasificación:

South Korea:15 | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Pantages Theater - 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Music Television (MTV)

Trivialidades:

The footage was culled from several different shows. In order to minimize the amount of cameras in the frame, one show was all shot from one side of the stage, the next night was shot from the other side.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: As stated above the concert was edited together from three shows, and it being a "live" show, things not planned happened. The first night, David Byrne puts on the baseball cap that's thrown up on stage from the audience, so the next night it can be seen next to the drums so that he can put it on again.

Citas:

David Byrne: Thanks! Does anybody have any questions?

Conexiones de Película:

References Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Banda de Sonido:

What A Day That Was

Pure cinema

'Stop Making Sense' is more than simply a concert film. It is pure cinema. It engages all of the senses, it creates a mood, it establishes an atmosphere, it has narrative logic, and it jolts the viewer with electric energy. You can't sit still while watching this. You can't keep your head from bobbing, or your mouth from moving, if you know the words to the songs.

Twenty years later, the sound and image of Talking Heads still feels new, maybe even post-new. It's frightening to look at this film and then consider that all of the Talking Heads are now in their fifties, and David Byrne's hair is as white as Steve Martin's. Byrne's music has mellowed just as people mellow with age, and his fascinating career along with the direction it's taken is emblematic of the excitement that youth brings to an artist's work. To watch 'Stop Making Sense' is to be alive, and for someone who never had and probably never will have the opportunity to see Talking Heads live, and even for those who have, it is a blessing to have a film such as this to preserve the unmatched innovation and energy of this band. Watching David Byrne perform in this film is an awesome sight. Schwarzenegger and Stallone were never this thrilling.