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Nov 28, 2018 · Sneak Peeks —. Nov 28, 2018. Share. I t’s not every day that you see duds like these. One of the boldest splashes of local color in David Byrne’s True Stories —a genre-defying odyssey to the weird and wonderful world of north-central Texas—comes midway through, during a fashion show at an area mall.
Oct 10, 1986 · True Stories: Directed by David Byrne. With John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Jo Harvey Allen, Spalding Gray. A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
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- Comedy, Musical
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- 1986-10-10
Director David Byrne. Genre Comedy, Musical. Interpreted by. John Goodman. David Byrne. Plot – Virgil town, in Texas, celebrates its 150 years. The employees of the local electronics industry have fun in the disco during the evening, while in the square there's a fashion show with odd models.
True Stories (full onscreen title: True Stories: A Film About a Bunch of People in Virgil Texas. ) is a 1986 American satirical musical comedy film directed by David Byrne , who stars alongside John Goodman , Swoosie Kurtz , and Spalding Gray .
True Stories doesn’t contain any examples of overtly postmodern design, except for an extraordinary fashion show, with surreal costumes by Adelle Lutz (later Byrne’s wife) resembling bricks, a classical column, a wedding cake, leaves and grass, but the film is itself a highly designed postmodern artefact — Byrne studied design at the ...
Oct 4, 1986 · ''True Stories'' makes its audience notice things in that way, too. The film's more obvious inventions, like the fashion show featuring Astroturf suits for the entire family, are...
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"True Stories" looks at small town America in a fashion similar to the way Tim Burton looks at suburban USA. With Talking Heads songs as well as original music by Meredith Monk, Kronos Quartet, and others, there's a magical quality that stirs beneath the surface.
