Stop Making Sense (Music From A Film By Jonathan Demme And Talking Heads)

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Stop Making Sense is a 1984 American concert film featuring a live performance by the American rock band Talking Heads.^[3] Directed by Jonathan Demme, it was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December 1983,^[4] as the group was touring to promote their new album Speaking in Tongues. The concert serves as a comprehensive retrospective of the band's history to that time, featuring many of their popular songs from their first hit single "Psycho Killer", through to their most recent album. In addition, the group performs one song, "Genius of Love", by the Tom Tom Club, a side project for two members of the band. The film is a pioneering example of the use of early digital audio techniques. The band raised the budget of $1.2 million themselves.

The four core members of Talking Heads: lead singer and guitarist David Byrne, drummer Chris Frantz, guitarist and keyboardist Jerry Harrison, and bassist Tina Weymouth, are joined on stage by an extensive supporting band including backing singers Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt, guitarist Alex Weir, keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and percussionist Steve Scales.

Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest concert films of all time. Leonard Maltin called it "one of the greatest rock movies ever made", Robert Christgau "the finest concert film", and Pauline Kael "close to perfection". It is considered a cult classic.^[5]

In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[6]