Should you watch Stop Making Sense?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Stop Making Sense
Documentary · 1984
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
The sides of Stop Making Sense
- A man walking on stage with a boombox
- A band arriving one member at a time
- An oversized grey suit
Stop Making Sense is good for you if…
- you want a band at full tilt for an hour and a half.
- you can't look away from David Byrne moving.
- you like a bare stage lit so every move reads.
Stop Making Sense is bad for you if…
- you want people with a story to follow.
- you want talk and writing, this one only plays.
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