{"id":3172,"date":"2007-05-10T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T19:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3172"},"modified":"2021-01-30T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T20:22:35","slug":"stop-making-sense-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3172","title":{"rendered":"Stop Making Sense (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a tape I want to play.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Poster-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Poster-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Poster.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Talking Heads perform at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concert Film<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Demme Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary is lavish in his praise of this &#8220;riveting concert film&#8221;, directed by Jonathan Demme and featuring the Talking Heads on their final tour together as a band. He argues that &#8220;what takes place on stage will make even [the] most skeptical into Talking Heads converts&#8221;, and labels the performances as &#8220;invariably exciting&#8221;. While I don&#8217;t disagree with Peary that this is an enjoyable, masterfully directed concert film &#8212; perhaps, as many argue, one of the best ever made &#8212; I still question whether film fanatics <em>must <\/em>see it. As with all concert films, <em>Stop Making Sense<\/em> will ultimately be of most interest to pre-existing fans of the band, and\/or those wishing to get a visual sense of what the Talking Heads were all about. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Byrne&#8217;s wildly energetic performance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Byrne-Energetic.png 1663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The creative opening sequences, in which band members appear one at a time<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Opening.png 1607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Talking Heads performing &#8220;Once in a Lifetime&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Once-in-a-Lifetime2.png 1647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jordan Cronenweth&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography-1024x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Stop-Making-Sense-Cinematography.png 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly must-see viewing for any fans of the Talking Heads. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0088178\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/10\/19\/movies\/movies-talking-heads-in-stop-making-sense.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/stop-making-sense-1984\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/e\/a\/1999\/05\/28\/WEEKEND2222.dtl\">SF Gate Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/75392.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a tape I want to play.&#8221; Synopsis: The Talking Heads perform at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Concert Film Jonathan Demme Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary is lavish in his praise of this &#8220;riveting concert film&#8221;, directed by Jonathan Demme and featuring the Talking Heads on their final tour together as a band. He argues that &#8220;what takes place on stage will make even [the] most skeptical into Talking Heads converts&#8221;, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3172\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3172"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67087,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172\/revisions\/67087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}