IMDb plot summary: A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs.
Directed by Jonathan Demme.
Stop Making Sense is a concert film featuring Talking Heads, filmed over four nights of live performance, although we rarely see any audience members. I should probably preface this by saying that I personally know almost nothing by Talking Heads and that I don't like concerts much, let alone concert films. As such, it's hard to know exactly how to rank or review this. It wasn't revolutionary, but it was enjoyable enough, and it did make me want to listen to a bit more Talking Heads music, which I suppose is the main aim of something like this. There are definitely some interesting artistic decisions made, both in the cinematography choices (the decision to not show the audience is a unique one) and in the staging choices (the band joins lead singer David Byrne on stage one song at a time). There is an impressive amount of energy in these performers as well, particularly over the course of several songs. That being said, it's hard for me to rate is as a movie per se, as it feels like an entirely different experience.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Stop Making Sense > For Pete's Sake
Stop Making Sense < Safe
Stop Making Sense < Stargate (1994)
Stop Making Sense < Footlight Parade
Stop Making Sense < Father of the Bride Part II
Stop Making Sense < Ambulance
Stop Making Sense > Blackmail Is My Life
Stop Making Sense > Music Within
Stop Making Sense > The Lost Skeleton Returns Again
Stop Making Sense > The Forbidden Kingdom
Stop Making Sense > Anonymous
Stop Making Sense > Mank
Final spot: #1932 out of 3980, or 52%.
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