Stop Making Sense
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Stop Making Sense (1984) is a concert film featuring a live performance by the American rock band Talking Heads.
Directed by Jonathan Demme, it was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December 1983, 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 the first made entirely using digital audio techniques. The band raised the budget of $1.2 million themselves.
See also
- The Last Waltz (1978) - Martin Scorsese concert film featuring The Band
- New Wave music
- Worldbeat
