Stop Making Sense (1984)
Jonathan Demme
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Date
- 20:00 / Cancelled 20:00 / Sold out Sunday, 20:00
Location
Grand AuditoriumCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Pricing
- Free admission
Subject to ticket collection 2 hours before the event. 2 tickets/person max. Online reservation with Cartão Gulbenkian is not available.
Stop Making Sense was filmed in 1983 at the Pantages Theatre, in Hollywood, during the promotion of the EP Speaking in Tongues by the Talking Heads. The session will be hosted by journalist and radialist Isilda Sanches.
Jonathan Demme follows the band at the height of their career, creating an immersive experience for the audience. The film starts with singer David Byrne alone on the stage, which takes shape gradually as the other elements are brought together.
Filmed during the course of three nights, the documentary includes the band’s first hits, like Psycho Killer, the latest singles at the time, as well as songs from the singer’s solo repertoire and from the Tom Tom Club project, by drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth.
Hailed by critics as one of the best concert films ever made, Stop Making Sense is an essential film for Talking Heads fans, offering a glimpse into the New Wave scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Don’t Look Back
This event is part of the film cycle “Don’t Look Back”, which includes six documentaries and film-concerts.
Biographies
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Isilda Sanches
A journalist and music promoter, she has closely followed—and helped to document—Portuguese and international cultural trends since the late 1980s. She has written for publications such as Capital, Blitz, Se7e, Já, Independente, Diário de Notícias, Elle and Observador, and has worked at leading radio stations such as XFM, Marginal and Oxigénio (which she founded). She has been part of the Antena 3 team since 2015, where she presents the programmes Pontos de Luz and Muitos Mundos and is also the author of the column Fricção Científica. On Antena 2, she presents the programme Gravidade Zero.
Credits
Director
Jonatham Demme
Genre
Documentary/Film-Concert
Duration
88 minutes
Image
Still from the film 'Stop Making Sense'. ©All rights reserved
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