Stop Making Sense
1984, NR, 88 min.
Directed by Jonathan Demme, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

Jonathan Demme/Talking Heads performance documentary remains one of the very best rock & roll films ever made. A real creative collaboration between the band and the filmmakers makes this an exquisitely conceived and rendered show as the experience builds from its elemental rays of light and sound to an all-out extravaganza for the senses. This is the one which features David Byrne in the big white suit and such keepers as “Psycho Killer,” “Burnin’ Down the House,” and “Take Me to the River” – to name but a meager few.

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This article appears in August 13 • 1999 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.