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Director Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense (1984) is often called the best concert film ever made. The band Talking Heads was, at that moment in time, taking rock ‘n’ roll into uncharted polyrhythmic territories – combined with frontman David Byrne’s sense of theatricality and unrestrained quirkiness, and augmented by four guest musicians, there was nothing on the road in the same league.
Stop Making Sense captured a moment in time. And more than 40 years later, with the band itself only a memory (they went their separate ways in 1991) it remains a glorious testament to creativity and successful experimentation. It’s also loads of fun.
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