October 8, 2008
Hot on the heels of David Byrne's October 24th live performance
at the Michigan Theater comes a rare screening of the acclaimed
1984 Talking Heads documentary, Stop Making Sense. See it
at the Michigan Theater on Saturday, November 1 at 7 pm
for one show only.
Director Jonathan Demme's award-winning documentary set
the creative standard for concert films when it was released.
Demme is well known for directing The Silence of the Lambs,
Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate and many other films
as well as videos for Bruce Springsteen, the Pretenders
and New Order. Short and sweet at 88 minutes running time,
Stop Making Sense was filmed over three nights at the Pantages
Theatre in Hollywood.
Demme claimed that he and the crew were in love with the
band and its music - a new twist on the classic director-leading
lady stereotype. The result of the affair is visually stunning
and David Byrne's performance as lead singer is galvanizing.
"Stop Making Sense is a prime example of the best way
to make a perfect concert movie. First, choose as a subject
a band that is as attentive to visual matters as it is to
its music. Second, choose as director someone with an unerring
sense of composition and an ability to zero in on the key
moments in a song. Third, plan the shoot to as close to
within an inch of its life as possible. Fourth, be in the
right place at the right time."
Craig Butler - AllMovie.com
When the film was re-released in 1999 for its 15h anniversary,
Salon.com's critic Stephanie Zacharek called it, "one
of those miracle movies, a picture that seems to have come
together by laws unto itself. It doesn't seem 'made.' It
merely exists, like some inexplicable and wonderful quirk
of nature: a redwood, a toad with fabulous markings or something
that just mysteriously appeared on a lily pad one day."
Admission is $9.00, $7.00 for students, seniors and US veterans,
$6.50 for Michigan Theater members. All shows take place
at the historic Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street,
across from Borders Books and Music in downtown Ann Arbor
Please visit the Michigan Theater web site for more information
and a complete schedule with show times: http://michtheater.org.
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