Stop Making Sense
1984 concert film by Jonathan Demme / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stop Making Sense is an independently produced 1984 American concert film featuring a live performance by the American rock band Talking Heads.[5] Directed by Jonathan Demme, it was shot over four nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre in December 1983, when Talking Heads were touring to promote their 1983 album Speaking in Tongues. Stop Making Sense includes performances of the early Talking Heads single, "Psycho Killer" (1977), through to their most recent hit at the time, "Burning Down the House" (1983). It also includes songs from the solo career of frontman David Byrne and by Tom Tom Club, the side project of drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth.
Stop Making Sense | |
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Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
Written by | Talking Heads Jonathan Demme |
Produced by | Gary Goetzman |
Starring | Talking Heads |
Cinematography | Jordan Cronenweth |
Edited by | Lisa Day |
Music by | Talking Heads |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Cinecom International Films Island Alive Releasing[1] |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.2 million |
Box office | (Original 1984 Release) $5,389,431[2]
(2023 Re-Release) $6,915,675[3] (Box Office Total) $12.4 million[4] |
The band raised the budget of $1.2 million themselves. The four core members of Talking Heads are joined by the backing singers Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt, the guitarist Alex Weir, the keyboardist Bernie Worrell and the percussionist Steve Scales. Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics to be a classic and one of the greatest concert films of all time.[6][7] The film is a pioneering example of the use of early digital audio techniques. In 2021, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[8]