American Utopia (film)
2020
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The overwelming impression throughout "Stop Making Sense" is of enormous energy, of life being lived at a joyous high. And it's not the frenetic, jangled-nerves energy of a rock band that's wired; it's the high spirits and good health we associate with artists like Bruce Springsteen.
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense captures the energetic, unpredictable live act of peak Talking Heads with color and visual wit. Read Critics Reviews
- Documentary, Music
Stop Making Sense is the ultimate concert movie, and remains an essential text for the form as well as a perfect document of the joy to be found in the Talking Heads music. Full Review | Nov...
May 3, 2024 · As concert film setlists go, Stop Making Sense is all killer, no filler. It’s also looking and sounding better than ever in this exquisite 4K remaster.
Sep 21, 2023 · Newly restored film of Talking Heads’ 1984 stage show mirrors the band’s jitter and groove. Talking Heads in ‘Stop Making Sense’. Danny Leigh.
Sep 19, 2023 · Richard Brody reviews Jonathan Demme’s “Stop Making Sense,” a newly rereleased 1984 concert movie featuring the band Talking Heads, led by David Byrne.
Sep 22, 2023 · A review of Jonathan Demme's 'Stop Making Sense', as the Talking Heads now put on the greatest ever concert film in 4K, and it still triumphs.
Stop Making Sense is pure fun and sheer exuberance transferred onto celluloid and perfectly re-created at the other end. Experiencing what Demme and the Talking Heads have crafted with this motion picture makes perfect sense. [Review of re-release]
Sep 19, 2023 · “Stop Making Sense” ★★★★ (out of four) A concert documentary featuring The Talking Heads, directed by Jonathan Demme. 88 minutes. Rated PG for brief suggestive material.
Sep 18, 2023 · But one of his best remains the 1984 Talking Heads documentary, “Stop Making Sense,” a joyous, exuberant celebration of the New York band’s brainy yet kinetic post-punk groove that ranks as one...
