dwl10@amdahl.UUCP (dwl10) (12/02/84)
My Background:
1 - I like the Talking Heads' music, altho I am not a fanatic.
2 - I generally don't like "concert movies". They tend to be very
boring, and repetitous.
The Theatre:
1 - Camera 3 in San Jose, CA. Not a large screen, but excel lent
(and LOUD) sound system.
My "review":
Stop Making Sense has to be the best concert movie I have ever seen.
The sound track (which I am going to buy today) was digitally mastered
and is extremely clean, and well mixed. The visuals never get boring,
because each song is lighted and staged differently.
The movie starts out with David Byrne on a bare stage with only an
acoustic guitar, and a "boom box" tape player providing the rhythms
for "Psycho Killer". As each song ends, another band member and more
equiptment is added to the stage, until the whole ensemble is
there for what has to be the best rendition of "Burning Down the
House" that they have ever done. About halfway through the movie,
Byrne leaves the stage and Tina and the two backup singers do
one of Tom Tom Club's songs (sorry, don't know the title). Then
Byrne returns for another set.
The show's lighting is all done in white light. None of the random
colored light that seem mandatory for any rock concert.
I attended the show with a friend who had never heard of the Talking
Heads. He said it was "interesting", so I suspect that if you don't
like or know the group, then this movie isn't for you. But if you
do like the Talking Heads, that this movie is a must see!
To sum it up....When this movie is released in Beta HiFi, thats the day
I buy a Beta HiFi VCR.
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