David Byrne and Jonathan Demme on Stop Making Sense

It’s been 30 years since the release of Stop Making Sense, the Jonathan Demme-directed Talking Heads concert pic that’s widely recognized as one of the greatest live music films of all time. Stop Making Sense paired Demme, many years before he won Best Director for Silence of the Lambs — with the band Talking Heads, just as the New York-based art rock group were then becoming musical icons. The film begins with the band’s frontman and impresario, David Byrne, walking on stage a boombox in hand. He sets it down, turns it on and starts to sing along with the Talking Heads’ song “Psycho Killer.” He is soon joined by bassist...

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