Stop Making Sense

Name: Stop Making Sense
Director: David Byrne
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 1985-03-29
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir

IMDb link: 0088178
IMDb rating: 8.7 (24,043 votes)
Genres: Music, Documentary
Director: Jonathan Demme, David Byrne
Cast: Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir and others

Release date: 29 Mar 1985
Release year: 1984
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: concert film, suit, new wave music, rock music, live in concert recording, national film registry, independent film, live audience, live performance, concert music

Plot:

This 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time. Stop Making Sense stars core band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison along with Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steven Scales, Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt (Edna Holt). The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.

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