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Stop Making Sense

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Stop Making Sense
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1hr 39min
Genre:
Musical
Release:
1984
Director:
Jonathan Demme
Distributor:
Palm Pictures
Starring:
Bernie Worrel, Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir  ...more
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler
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Stop Making Sense is a prime example of the best way to make a perfect concert movie. First, choose as a subject a band that is as attentive to visual matters as it is to its music -- and preferably one that comes with sterling critical credentials as well. Second, choose as director someone with an unerring sense of composition and an ability to zero in on the key moments in a song, those that will ... Full Review
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Bernie Worrel
Synthesizers
Bernie Worrell
Synthesizers
Alex Weir
guitar
Steve Scales
percussion
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